CoLENSO. — On tlia Tomjariro District. 483 



but why ? The sun was quite low enough for it. That the 

 rain-sheet was high enough is evident from the fact that the 

 bow was formed by the reflected sun. I am quite unable to 

 answer this. 



From almost the same point of view, and one week after- 

 wards, I had the pleasure of seeing an instance of a reflected 

 bow in the lagoon fronting (east) the Taradale Koad. Both bow 

 and (apparent) reflection were remarkably perfect. I did not 

 notice that the ends of the two arcs did not correspond. There 

 was, however, a blank space of some 6° between them. The 

 appearance of the reflection was that of a very perfect bow. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIV. 



On the left hand is Scinde Island ; on the right, trees, &c., fronting 

 and hiding the Township of Meanee, the spectator being on the cause- 

 way between tlie bridges on the Taradale Road. Back of the spectator is 

 the inner harbour of Napier, and in front the double rainbow, springing 

 from and crossing each other at the ends of a single chord well above the 

 horizontal line, 



Art. LVI. — "More Last Words": being an Appendix to 

 several Papers read here during Past Sessions on the Vol- 

 canic Mountain-range of Tongariro and Buapehu, ivith 

 its adjoining District. 



By W. CoLENSo, F.E.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. 



[Read before the Hawkers Bay Philosophical Institute, 10th July, 



1893.'] 



prefer t de thesauro sue nova et Vetera. 



Magistee. 



A MONTH back I felt not a little surprised and grieved (in com- 

 mon with many others) at a statement that appeared in our 

 local morning paper respecting Mr. William Collie, an un- 

 assuming, truthful, toiling, steady photographic artist, who 

 formerly (twenty years ago) carried on his profession here iu 

 Napier. It was stated that "a camera, &c., had been lately 

 found on the high slopes of the burning mountain Ngauruhoe, 

 which from appearances looked as if the artist had been scared 

 at the rumbling of the volcano, dropped his instrument, and 

 fled." 



Apart from the irrationality of the notice as to the 

 " appearances," &c., of the long-lost "camera," now found 

 after fifteen years' exposure to the elements on the barren 



