390 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. XIII. 
range, I felt as if returning home, and gazed with 
pleasure on the majestic harbour and sleeping settle- 
ment. The day was calm, and the sky unclouded.* 
* I must refer the reader to a series of lithographic plates from 
sketches by the draughtsman and surveyors of the New Zealand 
Company and other persons, which are published by Messrs. Smith, 
Elder, and Co., of Cornhill. I have selected them from the portfolios 
of the Company, kindly placed at my disposal for this purpose, as 
very correct Illustrations of many of the scenes described in this 
book. The view of the harbour from the hills above Pitone is one of 
them. 
