CONTENTS. 



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INGS TO THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY— SPECIMENS OF ROCK OBTAINED — WESTERN 

 LIMIT OF HER CRUISE — RETURN TO THE EASTWARD — PORPOISE STANDS TO THE 

 NORTHWARD— AUCKLAND ISLANDS— PORPOISE ARRIVES AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS — 

 CRUISE OF THE FLYING-FISH— LANDING AT MACQUARIE'S ISLAND — PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE FLYING-FISH UP TO THE FOURTH OF FEBRUARY— STATE OF HER CREW— THEIR 

 LETTER TO LIEUTENANT PINKNEY — HE RESOLVES TO RETURN — ARRIVAL OF THE 

 FLYING-FISH AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS— EVENTS DURING THE RETURN OF THE VIN- 

 CENNES— SHE FAILS TO REACH VAN DIEMEN'S LAND— ARRIVAL OF THE VINCENNES AT 

 SYDNEY— PEACOCK FOUND THERE— RETURN OF THE PEACOCK FROM THE ICY BARRIER- 

 SHE MAKES MACQUARIE'S ISLAND— SHE ARRIVES AT SYDNEY— STATE OF THE PEACOCK 

 —HOSPITALITIES RECEIVED AT SYDNEY 361—387 



CHAPTER XII. 



DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY— PASSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND— ARRIVAL AT THE BAY OF 

 ISLANDS— MEETING WITH THE SCIENTIFIC CORPS— THEIR PASSAGE FROM SYDNEY- 

 BAY OF ISLANDS— RIVERS WHICH FALL INTO IT— FACE OF THE COUNTRY— ACTIVE VOL- 

 CANO—HOT SPRING OF TAIAIMI — CRATER OF POERUA — DR. PICKERING'S VISIT TO 

 HOKIANGA— MISSIONARY ESTABLISHMENT AT PAHIA— KORORARIKA— ENGLISH POLICE 

 MAGISTRATE AND ACTING GOVERNOR— TREATY OF CESSION TO ENGLAND— CONDUCT 

 OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL— INSTALLATION OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR-OPINION 

 OF THE CHIEFS IN RELATION TO THE TREATY— ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH REVENUE OFFI- 

 CERS—LAND CLAIMS— BURTHENSOME TAXES AND TARIFF— THEIR EFFECT ON AMERICAN 

 COMMERCE— EXPENSE OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT— CASE OF JOHN SAC— HIS LETTER TO 

 MR. WALDRON— FURTHER REMARKS ON THE TREATY OF CESSION— VIOLENT GALE— ITS 

 EXTENT AND ROTARY CHARACTER— FOREIGN RESIDENTS— HIGH PRICE OF LAND— MIS- 

 SIONS— TABOO— PAS, OR FORTIFIED TOWNS— DWELLINGS— TOMB— DRESS OF THE NATIVES 

 —THEIR STOREHOUSES— THEIR FOOD— THEIR ARMS AND ORNAMENTS— KING POMARE— 

 MAUPARAWA— CHARLEY POMARE— POMARE'S WARS— CEREMONY OF HIS RETURN— HIS 

 MEANNESS— POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND— VISIT TO WANGARARA— POLITENESS OF 

 KO-TOWATOWA — WANGARARA BAY— CHARACTER OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS-THEIR 

 PERSONAL APPEARANCE— TRADITION IN RELATION TO THEIR ORIGIN— TATTOOED HEADS 

 —CANNIBALISM— CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE NATIVES— NATIVE DANCES— MUSIC 

 —CHATHAM ISLAND— CHART OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS— MR. COUTHOUY'S PASSAGE FROM 

 SYDNEY— HIS ACCOUNT OF MOUNT EGMONT— OF PORT COOPER— WARS OF ROBOLUA— 

 PORT LEVY — KORAKIBARURU — PIGEON BAY — CAPE CAMPBELL AND SNOWY PEAKS- 

 CLOUDY BAY— ROBOLUA— HABITS OF THE NATIVES, AND PREVAILING WINDS AT CLOUDY 

 BAY— CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND— DISEASES-SOIL— CULTIVATION— VEGETABLE PRODUC- 

 TIONS—TIMBER—CANOES—QUADRUPEDS—BIRDS-COMMERCE 391—438 



