W. Tr a vers .— Supposed Pleistocene Glaciation of New Zealand. 4 2 5 



more than 100 feet. Descending that mountain in a westerly direction, 

 which, with horses, is rather a difficult task, we find below the dolerite the 

 same burnt tufaceous beds as in the Harper Hills and the beach at Timaru; 

 but afterwards for 300 feet no indication whatever of the nature of the strata 

 is to be met with, till, at an altitude of 650 feet, another dolerite stream 

 makes its appearance, which is of a more compact character than the uppermost 

 or Timaru sheet. 



"This stream overlies beds of a calcareous or marly nature, identical 



with those of the Curiosity Shop of the Rakaia, and of a middle tertiary 

 age." 



"In summing up (he says) it will be palpable that no link in the evidence 

 before us is wanting to come to a conclusion. 



"1. In the middle tertiary epoch, extensive strata of calcareous or argil- 

 laceous beds were deposited in this locality on a dee}} sea bottom* 

 having an almost uniform slope towards the east. 



" 2. Some of these beds, by their lithological character, are impermeable to 

 water, being at the same time interstratified with permeable strata. 



" 3. Submarine eruptions of dolerite took place, which, spreading over the 



sea bottom, covered the first named tertiary strata, protecting them at 



the same time from denudation. 



beds 



which, by repeated eruptions of dolerite, were also preserved. 

 " 5. Some of these younger beds present us with the same characteristics 

 as described in No. 2. 



"6. The dolerite sheet on the summit of Mount Horrible" (which he 

 states to be now 1138 feet above sea level), "which can be followed 

 from there to the sea was the last deposited on the sea bottom* 



"7. This sheet, by flowing towards east, where it terminates, becomes 

 gradually smaller and thinner. 



" 8. Since the deposition of this latter sheet, only minor changes took 

 place, of which several old river channels now covered by silt, and as 

 shown by the wells in Timaru, are witness. " (It will be observed that 

 Dr. Haast treats an elevation of a deep sea bottom to the height of 



1138 feet at least above sea level as a "minor change" only.) 

 That occurrence at the same time proves I 

 but the upward motion was predominant. 



ground 



siams 



rise 



above the sea of the different levels alluded to, have been observed; so 



that by borin 

 position." 



will be found in their natural 



The italics are mine. 



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