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Mount Minto and Mount Adam. Page 185.


CHAPTER VI.


Preparations for Sea.—Storm Bay.—Auckland Islands.—Black Head.—Bristow Rock.—Enderby Island.—Rendezvous Harbour.—French Expedition.—United States Brig Porpoise.—Magnetometric Observations.—Local Attraction.—Rendezvous Harbour as a Penal Settlement.—Laurie Harbour.—Meteorological Abstract.—Formation of Auckland Islands.—Botanical Notice.—Zoological Notice.—Wild Hogs.—Animals landed.—Tree Fern.—Result of Observations.—Campbell Island.—Botanical Notice.—Albatross Nests.—Sealers' Graves.