XX HISTORY OF 
south, stopping near Cape Kidnappers to give pigs and fowls to some 
Natives that came off to his ship. Up to this time the two vessels had 
been in company, but off Cape Palliser exceptionally severe weather was 
encountered, and they separated. The “ Resolution ” proceeded to Queen 
Charlotte Sound, which had been appointed a place of rendezvous, and 
remained there waiting for her consort from the 3rd November to the 
25th, when Cook left for a cruise to the Antarctic Ocean. Five days after 
his departure the “ Adventure’ arrived, and remained until the 23rd 
December. * During this stay an unfortunate dispute arose with the Maoris, 
which led to the massacre of a boat’s crew of ten men. After a year’s 
explorations in various parts of the Pacific Cook once more returned to 
New Zealand, anchoring in his favourite resort, Queen Charlotte Sound, 
on the 19th October, 1774. His stay was but short, and on the 10th 
November he left on his return voyage, reaching Plymouth on the 30th 
July, 1775. 
From the above sketch it will be seen that the only localities botanized 
in during Cook’s second voyage were Queen Charlotte Sound, which had 
already been explored by Banks and Solander, and Dusky Sound. But 
a much longer period was spent in harbour and on shore than during 
the previous voyage, and the collections ought to have been quite as 
extensive. Instead of this, they were much smaller, the total number 
of flowering-plants and ferns not exceeding 180 species. Sets of these 
were distributed to several public and private herbaria—unfortunately, in a 
somewhat careless manner as regards the nomenclature, thus causing many 
mistakes and much confusion. Within twelve months after their return 
the two Forsters conjointly issued a work entitled ‘‘ Characteres Genera 
Plantarum,” in which seventy-five new genera were shortly described and 
illustrated, thirty-one of them bemg from New Zealand. The book is 
interesting on account of containing the first published descriptions of 
New Zealand plants, but otherwise is most disappointing. The descriptions 
are short and meagre, and the illustrations so badly executed as to be 
practically useless. In 1786 George Forster published his “ Florulae Insu 
larum Australium Prodromus,’ which contains diagnoses of 594 species, 
about 170 of which have New Zealand assigned as a habitat. As in the 
preceding work, the descriptions are short and unsatisfactory, and usually 
quite insufficient for the proper identification of the species. In the same 
year he also issued a little tract entitled ‘‘ De Plantis Esculentis Insularum 
Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica,” which includes full descriptions 
and much curious information respecting the esculent plants, fifty-four 
in number, observed during the voyage, fourteen of which were from New 
Zealand. These three publications, together with a short essay, “ De 
Plantis Magellanicis et Atlanticis,’ which contains no reference to New 
Zealand, appear to be the whole of the matter written by the Forsters 
respecting the botany of Cook’s second voyage. 
Cook’s third and last voyage can be passed over with a few words. He 
left England on the 12th July, 1776, and after visiting the Cape of Good 
Hope, Kerguelen Island, and Tasmania, reached his favourite anchorage 
in Queen Charlotte Sound on the 12th February, 1777, this being his fifth 
visit to the locality. His stay was brief, and on the 25th February he 
finally left New Zealand. Cook’s surgeon, Mr. W. Anderson, had some 
knowledge of natural history, and his description of Queen Charlotte Sound, 
printed in Hawkesworth’s “ Cook’s Third Voyage ” (vol. i, p. 145), contains 
an excellent account of the vegetation. His collections, however, were 
<mall and unimportant. 
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