d peaceful; and it is also called Hau-Hau, the meaning of
which is obscure, but it is a special word of power that Te Ua professes
to have specially received from the angel Gabriel. As far as we have
been able to learn the Hau-Haus have no special belief or creed, except
that their leader has a divine mission, and that all he says is to be
implicitly obeyed. Certainly the religion has spread quickly among the
tribes, and has latterly taken the form of hostility to us. Still, we
may hope that it will soon die out. It is said that Te Ua has told his
followers that they are invulnerable, but if they try conclusions with
us they will very speedily find that he has deceived them, and are not
likely to continue their belief in him."

"Then the colonists themselves, Mr. Jackson, have taken but little share
in the fighting so far?"

"Oh, yes, they have. There have been several corps of Rangers which have
done capital service. The corps led by Majors Atkinson, Von Tempsky, and
M'Donnell have done great service, and are far more dreaded by the
natives than are the slow-moving regular troops. They fight the natives
in their own manner--make raids into their country and attack their
positions at night, and so much are they dreaded that the natives in
villages in their vicinity are in the habit of leaving their huts at
night and sleeping in the bush lest they should be surprised by their
active enemy. The general opinion among us colonists is that ten
companies like Von Tempsky's would do a great deal more than ten British
regiments towards bringing the matter to a conclusion.

"In the first place, the officers and troops of the regular army cannot
bring themselves to regard the natives with the respect they deserve as
foes. Their movements are hampered by the necessity of a complicated
system of transport. Their operations, accompanied as they are by
artillery and a waggon train, are slow in the extreme, and do what they
will the natives always slip through their hands. The irregular corps,
on the other hand, thoroughly appreciate the activity and bravery of the
Maoris. They have lived among them, and know their customs and ways.
They have suffered from the arrogance and insolence of the natives
before the outbreak of the war, and most of them have been ruined by the
destruction of their farms and the loss of years of patient labour. Thus
they fight with a personal feeling of enmity against their foes, and
neither fatigue nor dan