The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 13
... Captain James Cook in New Zealand we can begin to assign definite dates to many of the introductions . In October , 1769 , Captain Cook landed at Poverty Bay , and later at Anaura Bay , and at both places Messrs Banks and Solander made ...
... Captain James Cook in New Zealand we can begin to assign definite dates to many of the introductions . In October , 1769 , Captain Cook landed at Poverty Bay , and later at Anaura Bay , and at both places Messrs Banks and Solander made ...
Page 14
... Captain Cook had left five geese in this cove , we were in hopes of meeting with some of their offspring , and thereby partaking of the fruits of his benevolence , but as they were left in the autumn , I am apprehensive they did not ...
... Captain Cook had left five geese in this cove , we were in hopes of meeting with some of their offspring , and thereby partaking of the fruits of his benevolence , but as they were left in the autumn , I am apprehensive they did not ...
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... Captain Raven of the ' Britannia ' in reporting from Norfolk Island on 2nd November , 1793 , says : " The animals I left had fed themselves on what they found in the woods , and were exceedingly fat and prolific . " It would be ...
... Captain Raven of the ' Britannia ' in reporting from Norfolk Island on 2nd November , 1793 , says : " The animals I left had fed themselves on what they found in the woods , and were exceedingly fat and prolific . " It would be ...
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... Captain Williams , who stated that " the natives of the coast of Foveaux Strait attend to the cultivation of the potato with as much diligence as he ever witnessed . He saw one field of considerably more than one hundred acres , which ...
... Captain Williams , who stated that " the natives of the coast of Foveaux Strait attend to the cultivation of the potato with as much diligence as he ever witnessed . He saw one field of considerably more than one hundred acres , which ...
Page 18
... Captain Herd and most of the settlers took fright and sailed for Sydney , only four men remaining . In 1820 Major Cruise , who spent ten months in the north of New Zealand , says : " The excellent plants left by Captain Cook " ( in ...
... Captain Herd and most of the settlers took fright and sailed for Sydney , only four men remaining . In 1820 Major Cruise , who spent ten months in the north of New Zealand , says : " The excellent plants left by Captain Cook " ( in ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand