294 MEMOIR OF DR. HARVEY. 



from the Heads, and in the morning, which was bright and fine, 

 but very cold, we beat into the harbour. 



" After having established myself at the Masonic Hotel, I called 

 ou Dr. Sinclair, the Colonial Secretary, to whom (he being a 

 botanist) I was well known by name. He received me very 

 warmly, and after chatting some time, proposed a walk to Mount 

 Eden, a crater cone behind the town, about 400 feet high, from 

 which there is a very extensive view, the object being to show 

 me the localities at a glance. Just where Auckland is built, the 

 distance from side to side of the island is only six miles, and on 

 either hand many long arms of the sea penetrate the land, 

 forming splendid harbours. The country is bare of trees, and 

 resembles the bleaker parts of Ireland and Scotland. The New 

 Zealand flax grows abundantly everywhere on the hill-sides, 

 and is now in seed. Where the land is cultivated the green 

 fields had to me a home-like aspect. The country is volcanic, 

 and many old craters are scattered about. Formerly the cove 

 craters (which look like Irish Raths) were strongholds of the 

 natives, but about forty years ago a tribe inhabiting the 

 northern end of the island came here and fought with the 

 Auckland tribe, till they left none remaining, and so the craters 

 are now grassy mounds, though with traces of former occupation. 

 The natives about the town are all in a civilized state, though 

 some are still tattooed. 



" On the 20th I called on the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, brother to 

 Dr. Lloyd, Trinity College, Dubiin. In the afternoon Dr. Sinclair 

 proposed walking with me as far as St. John's College, six miles 

 from town, near which Mr. W., son to our King George's Sound 

 friend, has a farm, where I was to spend the night and following 

 day. We had a very pleasant walk, the way being enlivened by Dr. 

 Sinclair's anecdotes and cheerful conversation. I found the W.'s 

 settled about half a mile beyond the College, and I was warmly 

 welcomed. Round their house are several large specimens of 

 the dragon-tree of this country ; a singular-looking object, each 

 of its snake-like branches being crowned with a large tuft of 

 leaves. Its flowers, now gone to seed, are very fragrant. On 

 Sunday, July 1st, I attended morning service with the W.'s at 

 their village church, and in the evening walked to town for 

 evening service at St. Paul's, where Mr. Lloyd's voice hadaAowe 

 sound to me." 



