NIGHT ENCAMPMENT. 
CHAPTER XVII. 
CLIMATE. 
The Climate of New Zealand is, perhaps, one of the mildest 
in the world, certainly the most so of all the colonies belong¬ 
ing to Great Britain. Extending for more than a thousand 
miles, from latitude 34° to 47°, in the form of a long curve, its 
northern termination being in the parallel of Sydney, and its 
southern beyond that of Van Diemen’s Land, it has throughout 
an equableness of climate, which is remarkable. The general 
width of the isles not being commensurate with the length, 
causes the sea to have great power in reducing the heat of 
summer and the cold of winter. The warmest part has not 
the heat of Sydney, nor yet the cold winds there felt; the most 
southerly part has still the fern-tree flourishing in all its 
luxuriance, and its forests retain their summer foliage. Whilst 
