Chapter CCXXVII

First appeared in _The Brisbane Courier_ (August 8, 1899).

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The first appeared in _Songs of the South_ (Ward, Lock & Co., 1891), and the second is an extract from _The Commonwealth: an Ode_ (_Melbourne Age_, January 1901). By permission of the author.

As to the first,--Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), discoverer and captain in the navy, was one of the first surveyors of the east coast of Australia. He spent many years in exploring the country adjacent to the coast.

IX.--NEW ZEALAND