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the good roads, nothing made more impression on me than the 

 wonderful growth on the plains beyond Mt. Eden, in the few years 

 since I last saw it. Then two or three scattered houses, now what 

 almost resembled a military camp so close were the cottages, to 

 which a fine new avenue with double tram tracks gave convenient 

 access from town. From Mt. Eden one could once count more 

 than fifty volcanic cones, but now many of these are concealed by 



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buildings and cultivation. Auckland is certainly fortunate in hav- 

 ing such agreeable drives and charming views within her bounds. 

 There are few if any American cities of its size that have so excel- 

 lent a public library. 



Thursday, Nov. 21. We went early to the museum and had a 

 pleasant and instructive morning with Dr. Cheeseman. The morn- 

 ing of the next day was partly spent in moving into the steamer 

 "Zealaudia" which arrived in good time from Sydney, bringing 

 our trunks and deck chairs, and our stateroom was so full that the 

 steward gave us another near by for my secretary, and we again 

 had a room each. We then turned to the museum, of which it was 



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