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furnished me with the name of every hill and stream visible, 

 as well as the valleys and lakes within sight, and explained 

 in their own way the geography of the district. On my 

 side I collected carefully all the information I could glean 

 respecting the natives, and in this fashion I believe I have 

 rescued from oblivion a number of beautiful and highly- 

 characteristic names. The configuration of the soil I always 

 sketched off on the spot, and thus brought away from my 

 tour materials sufficient to enable me to prepare during 

 my stay in Auckland a topographical chart of the southern 

 part of the island on a large scale, reserving for more mature 

 consideration, at a future day, the* preparation of a carefully 

 revised edition of this provisional map. 



'' The barometrical observations made during this tour were 

 reduced by comparison with those of the Royal Engineer's 

 Observatory at Auckland, the tables used in which were 

 obligingly put at my disposal by Colonel Thorold, R.E. 



''There are also to be noticed an immense number of 

 drawings and photographs, taken during the Expedition, as 

 also some very valuable landscape sketches, made for me by 

 Mr Heaphy. 



'' There still remained, however, a most interesting object 

 for examination in the vicinity of Auckland, namely, the Cape 

 Colville peninsula on the eastern shores of Hauraki Bay. 

 The discovery of gold in Coromandel Harbour on this 

 coast, had some years before created great excitement. I 

 devoted a few days of fine weather in the month of June to 



