Mr.Banks and Dr.
Solander were gratified by the novelty, if not by the variety of the plants.

Out of about four hundred species, there were not many which had hitherto been described by botanists.

There is one plant that serves the natives instead of hemp and flax, and which excels all that are applied to the same purposes in other countries.
If the settling of New Zealand should ever be deemed an object deserving the attention of Great Britain, our commander thought that the best place for establishing a colony would either be on the banks of the Thames, or in the territory adjoining to the Bay of Islands.
Each of these places possess the advantage of an excellent harbour.

By means of the river, settlements might be extended, and a communication established with the inland parts of the country.

Vessels might likewise be built of the fine timber which is every where to be met with, at very little trouble and expense.
But I am in danger of forgetting myself, and of running into a detail which may be thought rather to exceed the intentions of the present narrative.