...grow in that country. 'Captain Cook, in his voyage, had observed, that he thought the timber growing in New Zealand, if light enough, would make the finest masts for ships in the world; and one brought to England by a whale ship having been found to corroborate that opinion, the Dromedary...

...sufficiently valuable to be sought in this distant quarter of the globe, we give in his own words : " The immense spars requisite for making the top-masts...was brought from thence to England by the Catherine whale-ship, was much approved of, and purchased for a foretop gallant-mast for the Dromedary. It was...

...were to proceed to New Zealand on a sort of experimental voyage for the benefit of the British navy. " Captain Cook had mentioned in his voyages, that he...would make the finest masts for ships in the world ;" and this opinion had been strongly supported by subsequent navigators. The Dromedary, therefore,...

...Europe, that it was necessary to look for them elsewhere. Captain Cook had mentioned in his voyage, that he thought the timber he had seen in New Zealand, if light enough, woidd make the finest masts in the world ; persons, who subsequently visited the island liad confirmed...

...banishment, it was determined to try the experiment of sending a considerable number of them to Tasmania and New South Wales in one of His Majesty's vessels ;...whale ship, was much approved of, and purchased for a foretop-gallant mast for the Dromedary. It was well tried during its return to its native country,...