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during the winter months (no small proportion out of the 
twelve), they took a northerly course, and on the 7th of 
April cast anchor, for the first time since leaving Campbell’s 
Island early in December, off the Government Paddock, 
Hobarton, Van Dieman’s Island. 
A short time only was here allowed for the needful re- 
freshment and repairs, when the “ Erebus” and ‘“ Terror” 
sailed for Sydney, where numerous excursions were made, 
and plants collected, though few of these could have the 
charm of novelty; and after much kindness received from 
Messrs. M’Leay (father and son), they then pursued their 
course to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. This country 
presents a good field for the naturalist, but unfortunately, the 
destination of the ships was restricted to the Northern Island, 
to which the researches of the botanist were consequently 
confined. Here resides one of the most amiable and liberal 
of men, Mr. Wm. Colenso,* of Piauhy, who has studied 
plants with great success, and sent home rich collections 
of the vegetable productions of the island. He accom- 
panied the scientific gentlemen of the expedition in their 
reseaches, and has received such a stimulus from their 
society, that it is not too much to predict he will use 
his best exertions to obtain plants from every part of 
this bighly interesting group of islands. And thus, by his 
means, in addition to what has been effected by Sir Joseph 
Banks, by Forster's voyage, by the late excellent Menzies 
(who chiefly botanized in the Southern Island), by the bro- 
thers Cunningham, and by Dr. Dieffenbach, Mr. Edgerley, 
our good friend Dr. Sinclair, and the officers of the Erebus 
and Terror, there is already collected a full mass of materials 
fora Flora of New Zealand,— a Flora, the more called for, now 
that the Northern Island and the northern portion of the 
Middle Island are becoming so thickly colonized. 
: 'The second voyage to the extreme south was commenced 
in November, 1841, when the vessels weighed anchor, with — 
* Some of the many discoveries of this gentleman are published in the — 
Jcones Plantarum (the late Nos.), and in the London Journal of Botany. — 
