ANGHOB OFF WELLINGTON. 
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the dredge ; still the few hauls obtained, although 
producing many interesting and rare specimens, indi- 
cated that the bottom in this locality is, for some 
reason, more scantily supplied with animal life than 
many other more favoured regions. 
On the 28th June we sighted the Heads with 
their frowning cliffs, where the bold bluff, coming 
sheer down 3000 feet, receives the full shock of the 
South Seas. This was an introduction to the wild 
and grand scenery of New Zealand. Our troubles 
were over for a while, for within a few hours we 
were in smooth water, running up the great sea-lake 
of Port Nicholson towards long lines of vessels lying 
at the Queen’s Wharf, behind which stretched away 
the houses, &c., comprising the City of Wellington : 
off here we came to anchor. 
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