. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. direct from one port to the other, and sometimes by way ofNew Caledonia, which lies a shortdistance out of the direct track. The Zealandia entered HaurakiGulf, passing between the GreatBarrier and Little Barrier islands,and holding her course almost duesouth; then, through the Eangi-toto Channel, she turned, and theharbor of Auckland was before he
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. direct from one port to the other, and sometimes by way ofNew Caledonia, which lies a shortdistance out of the direct track. The Zealandia entered HaurakiGulf, passing between the GreatBarrier and Little Barrier islands,and holding her course almost duesouth; then, through the Eangi-toto Channel, she turned, and theharbor of Auckland was before her. Shall we have to wait for thetide ? Frank asked, as they passedGreat Barrier Island. It oftenhappens that we have to wait sev-eral hours for a tide when were allimpatience to get on shore. We dont have to wait fortides at Auckland, replied an of-ficer of the Zealandia, to whom the query was addressed. We can come in at dead low-water and steamto an anchorage, or to the dock if were ready to go there. The leastdepth is thirty-six feet at dead low-water of the spring-tide, and at thehighest tides we have fifty feet. There is hardly a finer seaport anywhere, he added, than Wai-tamata, as the harbor of Auckland is frequently called by the New. AN ISLAND CAVERN. 186 THE BOY TEAVELLERS IN AUSTEALASIA. Zealanders. It has, as Ive told you, plenty of water at all times, andits entrances are superb. Kangitoto Channel is the- one generally used;the other is Hieh Channel, and would be considered first-rate in many aplace I know of. Rangitoto is about two miles wide; the section ofthe harbor between North Head and Kauri Point is about a mile across,and therefore is easily fortified in case we have to defend it against ahostile fleet.
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