NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AND * NEW SOUTH WALES. CHAPTER I. Departure — Sanative influence of voyaging—Objects of interest — Emigrant ships — Daily routine — Surgeon’s duties — Kangaroo Island—Marsupialia—T^e Dingo—Coast of South Australia—Value of labour—Landing—Practical remarks to settlers—Investments in merchandise—Landing of goods—An experienced colonist— His opinions. In the month of June, 1838, the “ Surrey” sailed for the colony of South Australia, with emigrants, in charge of whom I was placed as surgeon*superintendent by Her Majesty’s Colonization Commissioners. Of the voyage there is little to be said ; it realized none of those perils which are too commonly supposed to be inseparable from a sea life ; and subsequent expe rience, gained in circumnavigating the globe, has con vinced me that a stout ship, with an able commander and a ready crew, offers as safe, and for a short time as plea sant, a home as any portion of terra firma. On many constitutions, especially those in which there is reason to suspect the existence of pulmonary debility, the influence B