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become cultivated and stocked with cattle, and, as an imme- 

 diate consequence, when the necessaries of life, and labor, 

 grow cheaper, they must be the seat of extensive manufac- 

 tures. "In addition," says he, "to moderate wages and cheap 

 food, there would be the further important auxiliaries of coal, 

 timber, and clay, with endless excellent localities, having 

 water communication. New Zealand would then bring into 

 profitable production her timber, for ship-building; flax, for 

 canvas, ropes, &c; copper, for sheathing her ships, an I all 

 other purposes ; sulphur, for brimstone, &c; alum and dye 

 woods, in manufacturing the wool of Australia or the cotton 

 of India ; tan, for leather from the hides of her own cattle, or 

 from Australia and South America ; tobacco, which could be 

 manufactured; breweries and distilleries, for barley and hops 

 of native growth, &c. Bat it is far more rational to con- 

 ceive that, instead of attempting fruitlessly to compete 

 in the exports of raw produce, the colonists, in the first in- 

 stance, will endeavor to render themselves independent of any 

 other colony for the supply of food ; and when food and labor 

 are cheap, they will direct their capital and energies to bring 

 into play the other national products, in manufactures for 

 their own wants, as well as to supply Australia, India, China, 

 and Spanish America, all of which are not far distant."* 



(9.) Having completed their repairs, all the vessels belong- 

 ing to the American Exploring Squadron, with the excep- 

 tion of the Peacock, left the Bay of Islands on the 6th day 

 of April. Prosperous breezes wafted them rapidly on their 

 way ; no incidents of special importance occurred on the pas- 

 sage ; and on the 22d instant they made the islands of Eooa 

 and Tongataboo. On the 24th they came to anchor off 

 Nukualofa, the principal town on the latter island, and on 

 the 1st day of May they were joined by the Peacock. 



* Terry's New Zealand, etc., pp. 2G0, 261. 



