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hours previously, and was preparing to commence whaling 
round this station. 
Lillie was able to make arrangements to stay with 
them for a month. 
On Thursday, the 28t]i, tlic Terra Nova weighed and 
proceeded south, calling at Wangamumu on the way, 
where Lillie was landed with all his paraphernalia for 
collecting and preserving specimens. 
The ship arrived off Kaikoura at daybreak on the 8th 
and, being now close to home and with three days' grace, 
Kaikoura, was able to put in two days' sounding on the 
Oct. 8, 1911. hundred-fathom line and so to fill up a rather 
serious blank on the charts. The coast scenery liere, on 
a fine day, is magnificent, as the seaward Kaikoura 
mountains run close to the coast and there are very 
many striking snow-capped peaks in the range. 
On October 10 the Terra Nova was once more berthed 
alongside the wharf at Lyttelton. It is only fitting here 
to acknowledge the real hospitality shown the Expedition 
by New Zealand. From the Prime Minister downwards all 
were anxious to help, and the extent of tliis help received 
both from individuals and Government departments can 
only be fully realised by the ship's party, who found 
all difficulties smoothed away for them as soon as 
they arose. Dr. John Guthrie, M.D., of Lyttelton, took 
on the duty of honorary doctor, and Mr. P. Strain, of 
Christchurch, volunteered as honorary dentist. The 
services of both gentlemen were frequently and gratefully 
invoked. 
The ship was rather over two months at Lyttelton, 
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