Rissoia cheilostoma lyalliana, Suter. microstriata, Murdoch. zosterophila, Webster. zosterophila minor, Suter. incidata, Frauenfeld. emarginata, Hutton. neozelanica, Suter. Rissoina agrestis, Webster. rugulosa, Hutton. Eatoniella olivacea, Hutton. olivacea annulata, Hutton. Cerithiopsis sarissa, Murdoch. Crepidula crepidula, Linné. Epitonium philippinarum, Forbes. Pyrgulina rugata, Hutton. Turbonilla zealandica, Hutton. Leiostraca murdochi, Hedley. Siphonalia nodosa, Martyn. mandarina, Duclos. Cominella maculata, Martyn. maculosa, Martyn. Euthria lineata, Martyn. lineata traversi, Hutton. Trophon ambiguus, Phillipi. (Purpura) Thais succinta, Martyn. scobina, Q. and G. scobina albomarginata, Deshayes. haustrum, Martyn. Pyrene choava, Reeve. huttoni, Suter. Marginella turbinata, Sowerby. Ancilla australis, Sowerby. mucronata, Sowerby. Ancilla pyramidalis, Reeve. rubiginosa, Swainson. depressa, Sowerby. Mangilia sinclairi, E. A. Smith. epentroma, Murdoch. Terebra tristis, Deshayes. Limacina australis, Eydoux and Souleyet. Pleurobranchus ornatus, Cheeseman. Marinula filholi, Hutton. Leuconopsis obsoleta, Hutton. Siphonaria obliquata, Sowerby. zelandica, Q. and G. Gadinia nivea, Hutton. Solenomya parkinsoni, E. A. Smith. Barbatia decussata, Sowerby. Hochstetteria trapezina, Bernard. canaliculus, Martyn. magellanicus, Chemnitz. Modiolus ater, Frauenfeld. Modiolaria impacta, Hermannsen. barbata, Reeve. (Pecten) Chlamys zelandiæ, Gray. gemmulatus, Reeve. Lima bullata, Born. Ostræa glomerata, Gould. Tellina alba, Q. and G. Mesodesma australis, Gmelin. Atactodea subtriangulata, Gray. Mactra discors, Gray. æquilatera, Deshayes. Dosinia subrosea, Gray. australis, Gray. Chione oblonga, Hanley. stutchburyi, Gray. costata, Q. and G. crassa, Q. and G. Tapes intermedia, Q. and G. fabagella, Deshayes. Venerupis reflexa, Gray. Solenotellina nitida, Gray. Myodora striata, Q. and G. nova-zealandiæ, E. A. Smith. ADDENDA. Trochus oppressus, Hutton. Monodonta atrovirens, Phillipi. Cantharidus sanguineus elongata, Suter. Gibbula tasmanica, Petterd. Cyclostrema subtatei, Suter. Drillia lyallensis, Murdoch. Mitromorpha subabnormis, Suter. Mangilia dictyota, Hutton. nodicincta, Suter. Dosinia cærulea, Reeve. ART. XL.-Captain Dumont D'Urville's Exploration of Tasman Bay in 1827. Translated from the French* by S. PERCY SMITH, F.R.G.S. [Read before the Auckland Institute, 28th August, 1907.] So far as I am aware, no translation of the voyage of the " Astrolabe," under the command of the celebrated French explorer, Dumont D'Urville, has ever appeared in English, though it has been briefly summarised more than once. Hence it will prove of interest to New-Zealanders to see what was accomplished in the way of geographical exploration in Tasman Bay, the Astrolabe" being the first ship, so far as is known, to actually enter that bay since the time of Tasman in 1642. It is proposed to follow this by a translation of the proceedings during the visit of the corvette to Tologa Bay, and to the Waite-mata, where Auckland now stands. Captain D'Urville made a subsequent visit to New Zealand in 1840, during his long voyage in the same ship, the "Astrolabe," an account of which is published in his " Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie," Paris, 1841. But he did not live to see the completion of the publication, for he, his wife, and son were killed in a railway accident in Paris on the 8th May, 1842, whilst the later volumes were passing through the press. He had been appointed a Rear-Admiral not long previous to his death. I have added a few notes to the translation; they are enclosed in brackets, thus: []. 66 The Astrolabe" left Port Jackson on the 19th December, 1826, bound for New Zealand. Captain Dumont D'Urville, in the second volume of his history of the voyage, expresses the feelings of pleasure with which he anticipates renewing his acquaintance with a country which he had previously visited in the same frigate, but then called "La Coquille," in 1824. On this occasion the corvette's course was directed towards the south-west coast of the Middle Island, with the intention of visiting Chalky Inlet, near the south-west cape; but the passage across the Tasman Sea was so tempestuous, and the wind so contrary, that the commander had to abandon his *Voyage de la corvette L'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, sous le commandement de M. T. Dumont D'Urville, Paris, 1833. design for lack of time to accomplish it, and consequently directed his course to the northwards, with a view of entering and exploring those parts of Cook Strait which had not been closely inspected by the great navigator after whom the strait is named. The history of the voyage (vol. ii, p. 9) may now be given in detail: : These tempestuous times finally determined me, on the 8th January, 1827, at 8 a.m.,, to steer to the E.N.E. in order to approach more nearly the coast. We were already in about lat. 43° south, and, no doubt, with a little more perseverance, it had been possible to have attained the southern region of New Zealand; but I could not neglect the other objects of my mission, and time was already pressing. 10th January, 1827.-The weather was still very bad, and we experienced frequent squalls of rain, with a heavy sea from the S.W.; whilst the presence of clouds of black-and-white petrels, and, still more, of some terns, announced to us the proximity of the land. In fact, at 7 o'clock I clearly distinguished it to the E.S.E. and S.E. As we were at that time from thirty to forty miles distant at least, that to the S.E. showed like a high island notched on the top. As we approached, it extended more and more; but the summit was still toothed like a saw, with sharp teeth inclined towards the north, in a uniform and singular manner, whilst it seemed to be separated from the land on the left, so much so as to cause suspicion that the intermediate space was occupied by the entrance to a port. [The range referred to was no doubt the Paparoa Range of mountains, and the apparent entrance to a port was the valley of the Grey River.] We now steered right for that part of the coast, and at noon were not more than four leagues distant. It was then easy for us to convince ourselves that the coast was continuous, and that our illusion had been caused by its sensible decrease in height in the space where we supposed a bay to exist. The geographical work was at once put in hand, and M. Gressian was charged with the survey of all the extent of New Zealand comprised from the most southerly land in view, situated in lat. 42° 28′ S., up to Cape Farewell. The soundings indicated 100 fathoms, sand and fine mud, whilst the temperature, 16-2° in the air, 17.2° at the surface, and not more than 13-2° at that depth. Each of us, at the view of this wild coast, those lofty mountains battered by the furious winds of the Antarctic, rejoiced to be at last, after so much fatigue, at the end of his wishes, on a theatre worthy of his researches. Proud to follow the tracks 14-Trans. |