Howeverrperse*"- * - verance did wonders, and so after passmg a mill and a few houses ;at a cleared part of the bush about half a .mile, onward, we once more entered the forest, iand-i in 7l ! two hours and a half had peached the Pelqr^s^ §ouiMi. y^ -.j j. Havelock is distant .nine ■ miles/: from' t^is by water, and fifteen by the track which skirts ithe range of hills to-theJeft, that;&pa4y,r en-^-u, circle the bay.. Kirby'.s sawmill was situated here, where a boat is kept, which, however, could not be procured fdr-thf £c hours' owing tothe state ofthe tide;' : : ' y\Jj!}':'f »-•«>'• '"'"' 'Again, off on the tramp, through : ferii' ; rind bush, creeks, and nmdholes. ; : For two miles we held on till fortune cast, a, Maori in, p^ir.j way, who agreedtp give us a,,boatJso^i a.pan , down at the beach. A party of twelve. tjW,as>  formed, and at once proceeded to : the,vpah, launched the boat and pulled vigorously for Havelock, the rest preferring to walk. We reached the little township at 2 o'clock^ '' Wflft ' f \ on landing I came across Mr Allen iffdughtoh 1 / '-* formerly a storekeeper in WeUin^t6n^,^#n6^, '-' had been for' some months doing : business " in a similar line at this'iittl'e ' tbwkbfii^. He was evidently prospering. exceedingly front' „ the great increase, of trade 'created- by the diggings,- and spok ein -glowing ' terms of the;  success which ■ had attended' thfein-siftc-b the* first rush. As Havelock from';' the; \ : grfe]ar « natural .advantages of its position, 'akd ;iis^ •• easy access by sea, will probably sbbn become' '' a place bf'imp6rtoce, ( l'may be, *|)s(dpnefL the digression, if I here ' give a^ few.'.^MrUcu lars about it. TKe * Jpw^slup , whtch at present consists of Mr' Hbugntoii's store, a wretched • accomodation. • housd^' - K Sfid ' ' a few. other buildings J6£ ,'a su|ierior;kin(4' ; in speedy' courS6'Oferection,,is'situafeda^out .. forty miles up "the Pelorus Sojijdd" 'ftotet r ij£|? entrance at" Cook's S'traJLt,,(l don't'^o^^^or) " the strict accuracy, of 'the, dist^os,;Pj^JLMye '| not the map before me) and presents an" ad mirable site for a flourishing settlement. The few house's' dready. 