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for the wrecks are numerous. Attached to the Expedition was a 

 whale boat, manned by five Maoris, and by this means we 

 established flying camps to the various bays and inlets of the 

 harbour, the main camp remaining at Camp Cove peninsula. For 

 ten days we carried on explorations, the various parties scattering 

 in pursuit of their particular interests. The island, geologically, 

 was practically unknown, and in this branch many important 

 discoveries were made ; the Flora better known aud studied by 

 Hooker in 1810, and later by Kirk and Chapman, was also success- 

 fully exploited, and perhaps some 8 or 10 species previously 

 unknown to the island will be added to the list. On this day, the 

 ~6th, the S.S. Hineinao returned about midnight, and we left 

 Carnley Harbour for Norman Inlet about 5 p.m. and anchored 

 there for the night ; the next morning, the 27th, all went ashore at 

 * a.m. This is a narrow, but deep inlet, and a boat is kept here 

 for the use of shipwrecked crews. Close around the shed grows 

 llemitelia Smithii, the most southern Tree Fern known. At this 

 point we were at no distance (some three miles) from the head of 

 North Arm, Carnley Harbour. The heights between are about 

 2,000 feet high, and crowned by fine basaltic rocks, known as the 

 Giant's Tomb and Flat-topped Hill. It was from the North Arm 

 that we got our first view of the west coast of- the island 

 which is precipitous throughout its entire length with the 

 exception of a small bay facing Disappointment Island, which 

 was the place where the shipwrecked crew landed. The distance 

 from North Arm to the West Coast is barely two. miles, up a gentle 

 rise, and there a magnificent view met us. The cliff at the place 

 where we struck it was 780 feec sheer into the sea aud on either 

 side of us they rose to 1,400 feet. Close by was a waterfall which 

 fell straight over the cliff, the water, however, never reaching the 

 bottom in a flow, the wind scattering it and spindling it out into 

 a thin mist. Then far away north we saw smoke and thought 

 that the castaways had lit a fire but our glasses revealed three 

 streams, endeavouring to reach the sea, but the winds cast it all 

 back and blew it up the island again. In the N.W. loomed 

 disappointment Island and the pinnacle rocks of the N.W. Cape 

 of the Auckland Island. After this astounding view, we all 

 thought the wretched crew of the ill-fated vessel lucky in 

 striking where they did, for had they missed it and gone on the 

 mainland coast their chance of scaling the cliffs would have been 

 very small indeed. After examining the plants, &c. in Norman 

 Inlet, we sailed north at 8.30 a.m. for Port Ross. The sea was 

 calm but weather overcast. After blowing our syren into two 

 creeks, we made for Enderby Island, at the head of Port Rot*. 

 This island was formerly a whaling station, but with the extinction 

 of the whale, the settlement died out also. It was started by 

 Enderby in 1850, and cattle and goats are still fairly plentiful. 

 We anchored off a sandy beach, on which were some forty sea- 

 lions ; a few were also on the high sand-dunes behind. Some of 

 them were doomed to destruction as the zoologists required some 

 specimens for the museums. The party therefore set out to the 

 attack. A few clubs and a couple of rifles soon stretched out four; 



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to escape awaited the onslaught with a placid mnu 

 despatched. The next entertainment was the capt 



