The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 6
... cultivated , and apparently also they had carried with them a species or rather a variety of dog . Unintentionally also they probably introduced the Polynesian rat ( Mus exulans ) , as well as at least one species of flea - probably ...
... cultivated , and apparently also they had carried with them a species or rather a variety of dog . Unintentionally also they probably introduced the Polynesian rat ( Mus exulans ) , as well as at least one species of flea - probably ...
Page 7
... cultivated plants from one part of the Pacific Ocean to another . He considers that they knew of the existence of New Zealand , of the occurrence of greenstone and of the moa , and that their migrations were not accidental , but were ...
... cultivated plants from one part of the Pacific Ocean to another . He considers that they knew of the existence of New Zealand , of the occurrence of greenstone and of the moa , and that their migrations were not accidental , but were ...
Page 17
... cultivated bed . " In 1824 , De Blosseville of the ' Coquille , ' writing from Captain Edwardson's report says : " Potatoes , cabbages and other vegetables introduced by the Europeans are grown . " These southern natives had not seen ...
... cultivated bed . " In 1824 , De Blosseville of the ' Coquille , ' writing from Captain Edwardson's report says : " Potatoes , cabbages and other vegetables introduced by the Europeans are grown . " These southern natives had not seen ...
Page 19
... cultivated by a number of industrious men who are , through the winter , engaged in the whale fishery . In the summer they are occupied in their gardens . They produce abundance of fine potatoes , and as much wheat and barley as they ...
... cultivated by a number of industrious men who are , through the winter , engaged in the whale fishery . In the summer they are occupied in their gardens . They produce abundance of fine potatoes , and as much wheat and barley as they ...
Page 79
... cultivated about thirty acres of land and secured their crops . But in less than a year they decided to abandon all further efforts . Numberless rats attacked the garnered stores , and the bar at the mouth of the river or estuary proved ...
... cultivated about thirty acres of land and secured their crops . But in less than a year they decided to abandon all further efforts . Numberless rats attacked the garnered stores , and the bar at the mouth of the river or estuary proved ...
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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