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region the occurrence of striated stones in the glacial deposits, 

 as for instance in the neighbourhood of the Lake of Zurich, is by 

 no means rare. 



Soon after my arrival in New Zealand my attention was 

 drawn to the apparent absence of striated stones from the ice- 

 formations of the country. Such literature on the geology of 

 New Zealand as came under my notice was destitute of any 

 mention of striated stones, and an examination of the striated 

 stones in the Christchurch Museum showed that none were of 

 local origin. Under these circumstances the discovery by my 

 wife and myself of striated stones at two localities near Queens- 

 town, Lake Wakatipu, seems of sufficient interest to be placed 

 on record. 



To the east of Queenstown lies a hill, locally known as Queens- 

 town Hill, which rises to a height of about 1,000 ft. above the 

 level of the lake. It is separated from the south-east spurs of 

 Ben Lomond by a narrow gorge running north, through which 

 passes the road to Arrowtown. On the south side it slopes 

 gradually down to the narrow arm through which the lake- 

 waters issue towards the Kawarau Falls. The hill is composed 

 of schists and clay slates dipping in a westerly direction. At 

 the foot of the hill is a thick deposit of coarse river-gravel, well 

 exposed near the Roman Catholic Church. The lower part of 

 the hill is covered with small scrub ; higher up it is well grassed, 

 though as the top is reached the bed-rock shows itself in increas- 

 ing amount. A zigzag path has been cut recently up the west 

 and south-west faces of the hill, and in making this path a 

 considerable quantity of loose rounded stones has been exposed 

 either on the path or on both sides of it. On ascending the hill 

 by this path with my wife in January last our attention was 

 attracted by the occurrence of rounded stones at a point about 

 400 ft. above the level of the lake. A close examination showed 

 us that they were not river or lake gravel, but genuine striated 

 stones, presenting all the typical signs in general shape and 

 markings. They were met with at intervals as high as about 

 the 600 ft. level, but above that we did not find them. Two of 

 the specimens from this locality have been placed by Captain 

 Hutton in the Christchurch Museum. 



The other place at which we found the striated stones is 

 about a mile and a half from Queenstown on the new carriage- 

 road which is being made westward along the margin of the 

 lake. The road in places has been cut through the surface-soil, 

 and here the striated stones lie exposed in the bed of the road 

 at a height of not more than 50 ft. above the level of the lake. 

 They are not such good specimens as those obtained from the 

 hill-track, but of their mode of origin there can be no doubt. 



