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which it belongs (Fig. 33, C). The other Conifer 

 is a lower-growing, more bushy shrub than the 

 foregoing, and its leaves are smaller and more 

 closely pressed on to the stem ; this is the Fitz- 

 roya (Diselma) Archeri, belonging to a genus 

 which has this one representative in Tasmania 

 and another in temperate South America, thus 

 agreeing in its distribution with the Tasmanian 

 Beeches. 



From the top of Mount Read a magnificent 

 view of the surrounding mountains and of the 

 sea coast was obtained ; to the southward the 

 smoke of the smelting furnaces at Queenstown 

 darkened the air, and dotted at intervals between 

 many of the peaks the waters of a series of small 

 lakes could be seen shining in the sun. I walked 

 across the mountain to the nearest of these tarns, 

 a distance of about three miles, and found a small 

 raft in good repair which had been built by 

 some miners several years previously. The tarn 

 proved exceedingly deep, the water being clear 

 and cold, and by working with a hand-net from 

 the boat I was able to capture some specimens 

 of the Mountain Shrimp Anaspides tasmaniae, thus 

 establishing a new locality for this peculiar animal. 

 The waters of this tarn teemed with great 

 quantities of a little red Crustacean (Boeckella 

 rubra), belonging to the order Copepoda ; this 

 genus is confined to the temperate regions 

 of the southern hemisphere, occurring also in 

 New Zealand and Patagonia (see p. 137). As 



