Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Cook's Straits: 1. General remarks; 2. Cook's Straits; 3. Port Nicholson; 4. Kapiti; 5. Return to Queen Charlotte's Sound; 6. Northern shore of Cook's straits; 7. Taranaki; 8. District from Taranaki to Mokau; 9. The climate; 10. General considerations on Cook's Straits; 11. The natives inhabiting the shores of Cook's straits; Part II. Northern Island - Northern Districts: 12. Reinga; 13. Harbour of Houhoura; 14. Harbour of Mango-nui; 15. Harbour of Wangaroa; 16. Wangape and Hokianga; 17. Waimate, Lake Maupere, and thermal springs; 18. Bay of Islands; 19. Wairoa, Kaipara; 20. Gulf of Hauraki; 21. Habour of Manukao; 22. River Waikato; 23. River Waipa; 24. Lake Taupo and Tongariro; 25. Rotu-kaua; 26. Rotu-Kareka; 27. Journey to Tauranga; 28. Journey into the valley of the Waiho; 29. Some remarks on the botany of New Zealand.

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A naturalist's two-volume 1843 account of his journeys through New Zealand's North Island, covering the flora, fauna and native islanders.