Smithsonian Report, 1949.—Egbert H. Walker PLATE 7 
1. HOOKER VALLEY BELOW THE HERMITAGE, EAST SIDE OF SOUTHERN ALPS, 
CANTERBURY PROVINCE, SOUTH ISLAND 
A debris-choked glacial valley with braided streams thick with glacial grindings is gradually invaded by 
wild Irishman shrubs (Discaria towmatou) and alluvial fans of weathered rock. (Photograph by E. G. 
Holt, U. S. Soil Conservation Service.) 
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SOUTH ISLAND 
Rain clouds, rising against the range, drench the rain forests on the lower slopes and cover the higher 
peaks with deep snow, whence flow the glaciers. (Photograph by E. G. Holt, U. 8. Soil Conservation 
Service.) 
