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Rh heartily welcomed by all parties. It may be mentioned that in honour of his arrival, Union Jacks were hoisted in every place where formerly floated Hauhau flags.

April 21.—This day being Sunday, the "Luna" remained quietly at anchor at Ohinemuri, and was visited by large numbers of the natives.

On the 22nd, at 8 a.m., the Governor and Mr. McLean proceeded up the river Thames (so Captain Cook named the noble river called Waiho by the Maoris) for about fifteen miles above the junction of the Ohinemuri Creek; that is, to a point about forty miles from the mouth of the river. For several miles above Ohinemuri the river runs through the forest; further on the open country begins. The Governor and party here ascended the hill "Te Rae o te Papa," that is, the brow of the plain, whence there is one of the most extensive and interesting prospects in all New Zealand. Below, the eye ranges over the whole of the wide valley or plain watered by the rivers Thames and Piako, with their numerous tributaries, from the sea to the north as far as the mountains round Lake Taupo to the south. On a clear day Tongariro and the snowy ridge of Ruapehu are clearly visible, as well as Tauhara, the remarkable mountain at the north end of Lake Taupo. To the east is the richly-wooded Aroha mountain, in which the gold-bearing cordillera of the Cape Colville peninsula appears to terminate. To the west are the bush-covered ranges hanging over the Piako river, and where these end there is an extensive prospect over the plains of the Waikato, bounded by the Pirongia