xviii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



TDTIRA LAKE AS IT 18 . . . . . . .16 



TUTIRA LAKE AS IT WILL BE . . . . . .16 



"A LONG DEEP VALLEY WITH ARMS EXTENDING UP EACH OP THE BRANCH FLATS, 



EVERY ONE OF WHICH WILL HAVE BECOME A GORGE" . . .17 



WATERFALL AS AT PRESENT . . . . . . .18 



WATERFALL RECEDING TOWARDS LAKE . . . . . .19 



NORTHERN BAY, 1921 ........ 20 



NORTHERN BAY SAY ONE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE . . . .20 



ELEVATED SCRAPS OF PLATEAU HUMUS, GREY GRIT, RED SAND , . .23 



SHEPHERD'S BASKET FUNGUS . . . . . . .27 



IMAGINARY SECTION OF CENTRAL TUTIRA PRIOR TO EROSION, THE DOTTED LINES 



SHOWING YET HIDDEN INTERSTICES ...... 30 



"IN PROPORTION TO THE DEPTH OF SAG THE HEIGHT OF THE ROCK WALLS WOULD 



SEEM TO RISE" ........ 31 



"SAG DEEPENED FROM A U TO A V A NORMAL VALLEY FORMED SAVE FOR THE 



IMPOSSIBILITY OF LATERAL EXPANSION" . . . . .33 



UNDER-RUNNER, THE ROOF OF WHICH HAS HERE AND THERE GIVEN WAY . . 34 



LIMESTONE ROCK CAP UNDERMINED ....... 35 



FRAGMENT OF TERRACE STILL ROCK-CAPPED . . . . .37 



FRAGMENT FROM WHICH CAP HAS SLID, MELTING INTO A CONE . . .37 



"LIKE SNOW SLIDING OFF A ROOF" ...... 40 



VALLEY OF THE MAUNGAHINAHINA . . . . . . .42 



"NO LONGER CLEAR DROPS FROM HEAVEN, BUT MINUTE CIRCULAR SOLID GLOBES 



OF SOIL" ......... 44 



TOTARA BOLE DEEPLY SUNK INTO THE SOIL . . . . .46 



SHAPE OF FALLEN TREE REDISCOVERED BY FIRE . . . . .47 



HUMMOCKS CENTRAL TUTIRA ....... 48 



KOKUPURU . . ~ ....... 57 



OPORAE PA . . . . . . . . . .58 



TE REWA .......... 59 



TAURANGA-KAOU . . . . . . . . .72 



OPORAE AND TAUPUNGA ....... 80 



GREENSTONE TIKI . . . . . . . . .96 



NIKAU PALM ....... . 102 



CABBAGE TREE ......... 105 



MALE BELL-BIRD FEEDING YOUNG . . . . . . .113 



YOUNG BITTERNS . . . . . . . . .114 



PACKING WOOL POCKETS . . . . . . .116 



HOMESTEAD OF THE 'SEVENTIES . . . . . . .118 



"BUSHRANGERS," WHITE AND BLACK . . . . . .131 



BLUE DUCK WAIKOAU . . . . . . . .148 



HOMESTEAD OF THE 'EIGHTIES . . . . . . .150 



PACK-HORSES CROSSING STREAM 161 



