ILLUSTRATIONS. xv 



On the right is Pembroke Peak, 7,000 feet high. Be- 

 tween the two is the narrow entrance to the sound, in 

 one place only 500 yards wide. The view is taken from 

 Fresh Water Basin on the inlet river at the head of 

 the sound. Page 317 



PLATE IV. OPPOSITE PAGE 56. 

 TREE FERNS IN FERN TREE GULLY, HOB ART TOWN. 



Although this view of the indescribable luxuriance and 

 beauty of the fern tree growths is in Tasmania (Van 

 Dieman's Land), still it faithfully represents the borders 

 and openings of almost every forest, or " bush," in New 

 Zealand. These tree ferns, some of which are 40 feet 

 high with a spread at the top of 20 feet, will not flour- 

 ish except under the protection and partial shade of 

 the taller forest trees. ' Page 303 



PLATE V. OPPOSITE PAGE 80. 

 MOURNING THE DEAD IN NEW ZEALAND. 



The peculiarly heathen practice of wailing for the dead still 

 persists among all the Maori (Moury) tribes- of New 

 Zealand. The dead body is laid out in the porch of 

 the house, and the mourners come and bewail in a sad 

 and moaning tone by the hour. I have heard a belated 

 mourner going through his lugubrious wail in the door 

 yard of a deceased two weeks after the burial. Page 305 



PLATE VI. OPPOSITE PAGE 96. 



A SETTLEMENT OF CRAY-FISHERS NEAR HOT 

 SPRINGS IN NEW ZEALAND. 



This is the place where all excursionists to the celebrated 

 Terraces of New Zealand are expected to stop and buy 

 a bag of cray-fish, to be cooked for lunch in the hot 

 springs on Lake Rotomahana. Page 310 



PLATE VII. OPPOSITE PAGE 116. 

 ARRANGED GROUP OF DIATOMS AND SPICULES. 



(MAGNIFIED SIXTY-FIVE DIAMETERS.) 



The original specimen is all comprised in one-thirteenth of 

 an inch, about the size of the head of a pin, and con- 

 tains 202 shells and spicules. The center and outside 



