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Rh voyager since the time of Captain Cook; and that justly celebrated character had visited parts of New Zealand very remote from those which he has attempted to describe.

These circumstances induced him to arrange his materials for the press.

That part of the work in which he has given directions for sailing into the Bay of Islands, with delineations of head-lands, will, he hopes, be deemed of some importance, as it may be of use to persons whose pursuits lead them to visit this excellent harbour.

The country, the religion and government, the arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants, are faithfully described, and will, he flatters himself, prove interesting to the curious and intelligent reader.