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correspondence between our own scientific institutions and 

 those in remote regions. I have considered it necessary to 

 invite the attention of the British reading pubUc to these 

 circumstances, in order to make them more intimately cog- 

 nisant of our various and manifold tasks, and thus make 

 them the more readily disposed to overlook the deficiencies 

 and discrepancies of this book, which I now respectfully 

 commit to their perusal. 



Before concluding, I beg leave to express my hearty thanks 

 to all those who have contributed in such various ways to aid 

 my humble efforts — to specify some were invidious, as in 

 so doing I must wrong others. To each and all I return 

 the most heartfelt gratitude. 



May the indulgent reader peruse the following pages with 

 an approving eye — may they afford him as much satisfaction 

 and as much interest as I experienced in committing to paper 

 the descriptions and impressions therein set forth, since in so 

 doing, I, so to speak, made the delightful voyage for the 

 second time, and in thought visited once more the different 

 localities, from every one of which I, and my fellow- 

 travellers, brought away none but the most friendly and 

 agreeable recollections. 



It inspires a German traveller with a peculiar and lofty 



Zealand, where, at the special request of the Colonial Government, he explored the 

 province of Auckland. The Ethnograpliical and Antlii-opological collection consists of 

 above 550 objects, among which are 100 skulls, representing tlie craniology of 

 almost aU the races of the globe. 



