IN NEW ZEALAND. 47 
this long .forest terminates, a fine sand extensive pros- 
pect of Tauranga harbour, distant about fifteen miles, pre- 
sents itself to the view. The road from this place to the 
sea-side lies through fern land, and is chiefly a descent the 
whole way. We arrived at the mission station about six P.M., 
without observing any thing worth noticing on the road 
thither. 
At Tauranga I remained a few days; and on the 19th, 
once more resumed my peregrinations. Crossing the inner 
harbour which is wide and very shallow, we landed -at 
the N.W. extremity of the bay where the road to the in- 
terior commences. Our route this day, after landing, being 
principally by the sea-side, afforded nothing new, save. a 
species of -Anthoceros (231), which grew in wet places on the 
pipe-clay cliffs. We bivouacked for the night by the side of 
a small stream where we were incessantly tormented with 
mosquitoes ; and to add to our misery, my guides returned 
sans cérémonie, leaving my baggage in the desolate wild; 
through which conduct we were obliged to remain supperless, 
not having had any food since our early breakfast. The 
next morning, after some delay from our want of guides, who 
were eventually obtained froma party of natives in the 
neighbourhood), we again proceeded, and entering a dense 
forest, travelled on for several hours, emerging at length 
on the top of Te Wairere, a very high hill, from the summit 
of which the view of the surrounding country is most ex- 
tensive. Tongariro, a very high and still active volcano in 
the Taupo district, my guide assured me may be seen in 
clear weather from this place. Beneath us, in the extensive 
plain, the river Waiho, hence navigable for canoes, mean- 
dered, mingling its waters with those of the ocean at Puriri 
on the Thames. In the forest I obtained a few small Cryp- 
togamic specimens (210, 211, 212, 213, 214), but no other 
plants attracted my notice as being either new or rare. .De- 
scending Te Wairere we halted at a brawling stream at its - 
base to roast a few potatoes. Here, on the brink of the 
stream, I discovered a small tree of a genus unknown to me, 
