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Lang wanted to call it Cooksland, andpublished a book under that title in 1847. 135, the word more clearlydesignates the East: Thou art as opposite to every good As the Antipodes are unto us, Or as the South to the Septentrion. may beknown by its uniform red colour, and the great length of thepectoral fins. rings, but do not look very like them; they make a noisewhen out of the water, and on that account are also calledtrumpeters.

Black-birch(Tawhai) of Auckland and Otago (from colour of bark), Red-birchof Wellington and Nelson (from colour of timber), Fagusfusca, N. The word isaboriginal, and has been spelt variously. australis, Sparrm. The last went out to the grounds and prospected, withthe result that he discovered the first payable gold on theWest Coast, for which he obtained a reward claim.