Surrg.—(Geology of Northern Portion of Hawke Bay. 575 
ancestors used to collect the feathers found near its entrance, as ornaments. 
My informant could not tell how long ago this occurred, and seemed rather 
inclined to set the whole story down as “he korero parau na nga tupuna,” 
or old men’s tales. It is, however, strange that I had heard, many years 
before, from a Northern Native, that the last Moa was seen on the East 
Coast, at a place called Whakapuna, evidently indicating this same moun- 
tain, though the last syllable of the name had been dropped. 
There are several interesting physiographical questions, which a study 
of this district would illustrate, such as the origin of Lake Waikaremoana 
and other smaller lakes, most of which occupy true rock basins not scooped 
out by glaciers; the course taken by the present rivers, which are not 
always along the natural water-courses ; the encroachment of the sea ; and 
the alternations in the level of the land ; but they would prolong this paper 
to an undue length, and moreover require to be dealt with by an abler 
observer than myself. 
Appended hereto is a list of the fossils seen, as far as they can be 
identified, an estimate of the probable thickness of each group, and a map 
and sections. 
