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where, indeed, they may be more obvious than in Antarctica, 

 for they have been exposed by the retreat of the glaciation, 

 whereas they will be to some extent concealed beneath the 

 immense icefield of 

 the south. ** ^ 9300' 



But in New Zea- 

 land are enormous 

 glaciers, bigger than 

 any in Europe, more 

 accessible and (being 

 under Government 

 control) much more 

 economical from the 

 point of view of the 

 ordinary tourist. Let 

 us imagine ourselves 

 a mile or so north of 

 the Hermitage on the 

 slopes alongside the 

 Tewaewae Glacier. 

 This hanging tribu- 

 tary is, however, 

 never known by its 

 Maori name, but by 

 a more homely one 

 (which can hardly be 

 a translation) — the 

 " Stocking." 



Just below us is 

 the junction of the 

 Hooker and Mueller 

 valleys, each contain- 

 ing a large glacier. 

 We have crossed the 

 lower portion of the 

 Mueller Glacier to 

 reach this spot. It 

 hardly presents the features usually associated with glaciers by 

 those who gained their impressions from written descriptions. 

 Here it is a disturbed sea of debris, consisting of blocks of 

 slate varying in height from twenty feet to a few inches. 



Map of glaciers in New Zealand visited in 

 November, 19 10, by the geologists. N.B. 

 The Tasmanian glacier from X to Y is 

 covered with moraine blocks. 



