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NARRATIVE
OF THE
Circumnavigation of the Globe
BY THE AUSTRIAN FRIGATE
NOVARA,
(COMMODORE B. VON WULLERSTORF-URBAIR,)
Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government,
IN THE YEARS 1857, 1858, & 1859,
Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government,
IN THE YEARS 1857, 1858, & 1859,
UNDER THE IMMEDIATE AUSPICES OF HIS I. AND R. HIGHNESS
THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN,
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE AUSTRIAN NAVY.
THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN,
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE AUSTRIAN NAVY.
BY
DR. KARL SCHERZER,
MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION, AUTHOR OF "TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA," ETC.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO.,
66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.
1863.
SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO.,
66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.
1863.
[THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS RESERVED.]
JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| SYDNEY. | |
| The politico-economical importance to England of hercolonies.—Extraordinary growth of Sydney.—Publicbuildings.—Expeditions of discovery into the interior ofAustralia.—Scientific endeavours in Sydney.—Macleay's Seat atElizabeth Bay.—Sir Daniel Cooper.—Rickety Dick.—Monumentto La Pérouse at Botany Bay.—The Botanical Garden.—Journey byrail to Campbelton.—Camden Park.—German emigrants.—Winecultivation in Australia. Odd Fellows' Lodge atCampbelton.—Appin.—Wulongong.—Mr. Hill.—TheAborigines.—Kangaroo hunting.—Coal mines in the Keirarange.—An adventure in the woods.—Return to Sydney.—TheAustralian club.—Excursion up Hunter River as far as AshIsland.—"Nuggets."—The Novara in the dry dock at CockatooIsland.—Reformation among the prisoners in thecolony.—Serenade by the Germans in Sydney, in honour of theexpedition.—Ball on board the frigate.—Political life inSydney.—Excursion for craniological purposes to Cook-river Bay, andLong Bay.—Intercourse with natives.—Woolgrowing.—Attempts to introduce the Llama and Alpaca fromBolivia.—The gold-fields of the colony of New South Wales.—IsAustralia the youngest or oldest part of the globe?—Theconvict-system and transportation as a punishment.—Departure fromSydney.—Barrier Island.—Arrival at Huraka Gulf, New Zealand. | 1 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| AUCKLAND. | |
| Request preferred by the Colonial Government to have the coal-fields of theDrury District thoroughly examined by the geologists of the Novara.—Geographicalremarks concerning New Zealand.—Auckland.—The Aborigines orMaori.—A Mass meeting.—Maori legends.—Manners and customs of theAborigines.—The Meri-Meri.—Most important of the vegetable esculents ofivtheAborigine ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |