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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,

          UNDER THE IMMEDIATE AUSPICES OF HIS I. AND R. HIGHNESS

                  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.


                             [Illustration]

                                LONDON:
                       SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO.,
                   66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.

                                 1863.

                [THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS RESERVED.]


                     JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.




                                CONTENTS.

                                                                      PAGE


                             CHAPTER XVIII.

                                 SYDNEY.

    The politico-economical importance to England of her colonies.--
    Extraordinary growth of Sydney.--Public buildings.--Expeditions
    of discovery into the interior of Australia.--Scientific
    endeavours in Sydney.--Macleay's Seat at Elizabeth Bay.--Sir
    Daniel Cooper.--Rickety Dick.--Monument to La Perouse at Botany
    Bay.--The Botanical Garden.--Journey by rail to Campbelton.--
    Camden Park.--German emigrants.--Wine cultivation in Australia.
    Odd Fellows' Lodge at Campbelton.--Appin.--Wulongong.--Mr.
    Hill.--The Aborigines.--Kangaroo hunting.--Coal mines in the
    Keira range.--An adventure in the woods.--Return to Sydney.--The
    Australian club.--Excursion up Hunter River as far as Ash
    Island.--"Nuggets."--The _Novara_ in the dry dock at Cockatoo
    Island.--Reformation among the prisoners in the colony.--
    Serenade by the Germans in Sydney, in honour of the expedition.--
    Ball on board the frigate.--Political life in Sydney.--Excursion
    for craniological purposes to Cook-river Bay, and Long Bay.--
    Intercourse with natives.--Wool growing.--Attempts to introduce
    the Llama and Alpaca from Bolivia.--The gold-fields of the
    colony of New South Wales.--Is Australia the youngest or oldest
    part of the globe?--The convict-system and transportation as a
    punishment.--Departure from Sydney.--Barrier Island.--Arrival at
    Huraka Gulf, New Zealand.                                            1


                              CHAPTER XIX.

                                AUCKLAND.

    Request preferred by the Colonial Government to have the
    coal-fields of the Drury District thoroughly examined by the
    geologists of the _Novara_.--Geographical remarks concerning New
    Zealand.--Auckland.--The Aborigines or Maori.--A Mass meeting.--
    Maori legends.--Manners and customs of the Aborigines.--The
    Meri-Meri.--Most important of the vegetable esculents of the
    Aborigines before the arrival of the Europeans.--Dr. Thomson's
    anthropological investigations.--Maori proverbs and poetry.--The
    present war and its origin.--The Maori king.--Decay of the
    native population and its supposed causes.--Advantages held out
    by New Zealand to European emigration.--Excursion to the
    Waiatarna valley.--Maori village of Oraki.--Kauri forests in the
    Manukau range.--Mr. Smith's farm in Titarangi.--St. John's
    College.--Intellectual activity in Auckland.--New Zealand silk.--
    Excursion to the coal-fields of the Drury and Hunua Districts.--
    New Year's Eve at the Antipodes.--Dr. Hochstetter remains in New
    Zealand.--The Catholic mission in Auckland.--Two Maories take
    service as seamen on board the _Novara_.--Departure.--The
    results of the explorations of the geologist during his stay at
    the island.--Crossing the meridian of 180 deg. from West to East.--
    The same day reckoned twice.--The sight of the islands of Tahiti
    and Eimeo.--Arrival in the harbour of Papeete.                      93


                              CHAPTER XX.

                                TAHITI.

    State of the island at the close of last century.--The London
    Missionary Society and its emissaries.--Great mortality among
    the native population.--First arrival of Catholic Priests in
    Oceania.--French Protectorate and its consequences.--The
    Tahitian Parliament and Tahitian debaters.--William Howe.--Adam
    Kulczycki.--Scientific aims and achievements.--The Catholic
    mission.--_Pre Catalan_ and native dances.--Prisoners of war
    from New Caledonia.--Point Venus.--Guava-fields.--The fort of
    Fautaua.--Lake Waiiria.--Popular _Fete_ at Faaa.--Ball given by
    the Governor.--Queen Pomare.--Geographical notes on Tahiti and
    Eimeo.--Climate.--Vegetation.--The Kawa root, and the
    intoxicating drink produced from it.--Great expense of the
    French Stations in Oceania.--Projects of reform.--Results of
    English and French colonization.--Two Convicts.--Departure.--The
    Whaler _Emily Morgan_.--Attempt to fix the zero point of
    magnetic declination.--"Colique vegetale."--A victim.--Pitcairn
    Island.--A fire-side tale of the tropical world.--An accident
    without ill results.--Humboldt's Current.--Arrival at
    Valparaiso.                                                        199


                              CHAPTER XXI.

                              VALPARAISO.

    Importance of Chile for German emigration.--First impressions of
    Valparaiso.--Stroll through the city.--Commercial relations of
    Chile with Australia and California.--Quebrada de Juan Gomez.--
    The roadstead.--The Old Quarter and Fort Rosario.--Cerro Algre.--
    Fire Companies.--Abadic's nursery-garden.--Campo Santo.--The
    German community and its club.--A compatriot festival in honour
    of the _Novara_.--Journey to Santiago de Chile.--University.--
    National Museum.--Observatory.--Industrial and agricultural
    schools.--Professor Don Ignacio Domey Ko.--Audience of the
    President of the Republic.--Don Manuel Montt and his political
    opponents.--Family life in Santiago.--Excursion trip on the
    southern railroad.--Maipu Bridge.--Melepilla.--The Hacienda of
    Las Esmeraldas.--Chilean hospitality.--Return to Valparaiso.--
    Quillota.--The German colony in Valdivia.--Colonization in the
    Straits of Magellan.--Ball at the Austrian Consul-general's in
    honour of the _Novara_.--Extraordinary voyage of a damaged
    ship.--Departure of the _Novara_.--Voyage round Cape Horn.--The
    Falkland Islands.--The French corvette _Eurydice_.--The Sargasso
    sea.--Encounter with a merchant-ship in the open ocean.--Hopes
    disappointed and curiosity excited.--Passage through the Azores
    channel.--A vexatious calm.                                        280


                              CHAPTER XXII.

   AN OVERLAND JOURNEY FROM VALPARAISO TO GIBRALTAR, VIA THE ISTHMUS OF
                                PANAMA.

    Departure from Valparaiso.--Coquimbo.--Caldera.--Cobija.--
    Iquique.--Manufacture of saltpetre.--Arica.--Port d'Islay.--
    _Medanos_, or wandering sand-hills.--Chola.--Pisco.--The Chincha
    or Guano Islands.--Remarks respecting the Guano or Huanu beds.--
    Callao.--Lima.--Carrion crows, the principal street-scavengers.--
    Churches and Monasteries.--Hospitals.--Charitable institutions.--
    Medical College.--National Library.--Padre Vigil.--National
    Museum.--The Central Normal School.--Great lack of intellectual
    energy.--Ruins of Cajamarquilla.--Chorillos.--Temple to the Sun
    at Pachacamac.--River Rimac.--Amancaes.--The new prison.--
    Bull-fights.--State of society in Peru.--The _Coca_ plant, and
    the latest scientific examination respecting its peculiar
    properties.--The _China_, or Peruvian-bark tree.--Departure from
    Lima.--Lambajeque.--Indian village of Iting.--Paita.--Island of
    La Plata.--Taboga Island.--Impression made by