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_Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government_,
UNDER THE IMMEDIATE AUSPICES OF HIS I. AND R. HIGHNESS
MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION, AUTHOR OF "TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA," ETC.
LONDON: SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO., 66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.
The politico-economical importance to England of her colonies.-- Extraordinary growth of Sydney.--Public buildings.--Expeditions of discovery into the interior of Australia.--Scientific endeavours in Sydney.--Macleay's Seat at Elizabeth Bay.--Sir Daniel Cooper.--Rickety Dick.--Monument to La Pérouse at Botany Bay.--The Botanical Garden.--Journey by rail to Campbelton.-- Camden Park.--German emigrants.--Wine cultivation in Australia. Odd Fellows' Lodge at Campbelton.--Appin.--Wulongong.--Mr. Hill.--The Aborigines.--Kangaroo hunting.--Coal mines in the Keira range.--An adventure in the woods.--Return to Sydney.--The Australian club.--Excursion up Hunter River as far as Ash Island.--"Nuggets."--The _Novara_ in the dry dock at Cockatoo Island.--Reformation among the prisoners in the colony.-- Serenade by the Germans in Sydney, in honour of the expedition.-- Ball on board the frigate.--Political life in Sydney.--Excursion for craniological purposes to Cook-river Bay, and Long Bay.-- Intercourse with natives.--Wool growing.--Attempts to introduce the Llama and Alpaca from Bolivia.--The gold-fields of the colony of New South Wales.--Is Australia the youngest or oldest part of the globe?--The convict-system and transportation as a punishment.--Departure from Sydney.--Barrier Island.--Arrival at Huraka Gulf, New Zealand. 1
Request preferred by the Colonial Government to have the coal-fields of the Drury District thoroughly examined by the geologists of the _Novara_.--Geographical remarks concerning New Zealand.--Auckland.--The Aborigines or Maori.--A Mass meeting.-- Maori legends.--Manners and customs of the Aborigines.--The Meri-Meri.--Most important of the vegetable esculents of the Aborigines before the arrival of the Europeans.--Dr. Thomson's anthropological investigations.--Maori proverbs and poetry.--The present war and its origin.--The Maori king.--Decay of the native population and its supposed causes.--Advantages held out by New Zealand to European emigration.--Excursion to the Waiatarna valley.--Maori village of Oraki.--Kauri forests in the Manukau range.--Mr. Smith's farm in Titarangi.--St. John's College.--Intellectual activity in Auckland.--New Zealand silk.-- Excursion to the coal-fields of the Drury and Hunua Districts.-- New Year's Eve at the Antipodes.--Dr. Hochstetter remains in New Zealand.--The Catholic mission in Auckland.--Two Maories take service as seamen on board the _Novara_.--Departure.--The results of the explorations of the geologist during his stay at the island.--Crossing the meridian of 180° from West to East.-- The same day reckoned twice.--The sight of the islands of Tahiti and Eimeo.--Arrival in the harbour of Papeete. 93