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more tlian 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 07i a deep 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. 

 " 4. Between these eruptions subsequent tertiary beds were also deposited, 



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.) 

 " 9. That occurrence at the same time proves the oscillation of the ground, 

 but the upward motion was predominant. 

 "10. Finally, no signs of any disturbance, since the deposition and rise 

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

 that by boring or sinking they will be found in their natural 

 position." 



* The italics are mine. 



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