CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



SYDNEY. 



The politico-economical importance to England of her colonies. — Extraordinary 

 growth of Sydney. — Public buildings. — Expeditions of discovery into the in- 

 terior of Australia. — Scientific endeavours in Sydney. — Macleay's Seat at 

 Elizabeth Bay.— Sir Daniel Cooper. — Rickety Dick. — Monument to La Pe- 

 rouse at Botany Bay. — The Botanical Garden. — Journey by rail to Campbel- 

 ton. — Camden Park. — German emigrants. — Wine cultivation in Australia. 

 Odd Pellows' Lodge at Campbelton. — Appin. — Wulongong. — Mr. Hill. — The 

 Aborigines. — Kangaroo hunting. — Coal mines in the Keira range. — An adven- 

 ture 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 pur- 

 poses 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 punish- 

 ment. — Departure from Sydney. — Barrier Island. — Arrival at Huraka Gulf, 

 New Zealand • 



CHAPTER XIX. 



AUCKLAND. 



Request preferred by the Colonial Government to have the coal-fields of the 

 Drury District thoroughly examined by the geologists of the Novara. — Geo- 

 graphical remarks concerning New Zealand. — Auckland. — The Aborigines or 

 Maori. — A Mass meeting. — Maori legends. — Manners and customs of the 

 Aborigines. — The Meri-Mcri. — Most important of the vegetable esculents of 



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