584 Dr. G. v. Hayek. 



Richardson took the contract; the tunnel became a possi- 

 bility, a probable succes, a great accomplished fact. The 

 commercial connection betvveen the piain down to the 

 Waitangi with his only harbour was assured. It was a 

 triumph of reasoning from scientific Observation. 



From February, 1861, Dr. Haast continued with the 

 Provincial Government of Canterbury. The first years of 

 his Service as Provincial Geologist were almost wholly spent 

 in exploration. The mineral resources of the Malvern Hills, 

 the features of the Mount Toriesse Range, and the wild 

 »back country« adjacent to it were examined and reported 

 on in 1861. The wonders of the Mount Cook district were 

 explored in 1862. The sternness of those solitudes, until 

 that time untrodden, must have then been doubly striking — 

 its glacier System sketched and mapped, its botanicalcuriosities 

 examined. Hochstetter Dome, Franz Joseph- and Müller- 

 glaciers and many another German-sounding name, bear 

 witness to the nationality of him who first explored their 

 fastnesses, no less than to his courage, endurance, and 

 skill. Lake Wanaka and the unexplored ranges and head 

 waters of that part of the country were visited in i863; 

 Ashburton and Rangitata searched for coal in 1864. The 

 goldfields of the West Coast traced in i865 — the Pro- 

 vincial geologist was greedy of work. 



In 1866 the first of the great »finds« of moa remains 

 was made at Glenmark. In that year the first seven skele- 

 tons which formed the nucleus of the collection unique 

 and unequalled, and the glory of the Christchurch Museum, 

 were set up by the then taxidermist, Mr. Füller. The 

 tossil remains of the Glenmark moa-swamp proved the 

 endowment of the Museum, and a constant source of 

 enrichment through exchanges, etc. A few years the geological 

 survey of the Province was fairly complete, and the Direc- 

 tor thereof was enabled to give it his almost undivided 

 attention. With him it was a real labour of love, and his 

 energy and thoroughness soon made it swell into such 

 proportions that a larger house than the modest apartments 

 in the old Provincial buildings became an absolute necessity. 



