134 E. C. ANDREWS. 



Veil Palls and the peculiar re-entrant in the wall immedi- 

 ately downstream of El Oapitan (See Matthes' Topographic 

 Map). On the other hand this part of the valley could be 

 easily explained by faulting action with later modification 

 by ice-stream action. An interesting fact of observation 

 in this connection is that the Yosemite Valley lies in a 

 region of intense faulting and warping action in late Ter- 

 tiary or recent time. Glacial action, however, has certainly 

 exercised a marvellous influence on the preglacial Yosemite 

 profiles. 



Preservation Inlet, [New Zealand]. — Here a long broad 

 and fairly shallow inlet dotted over with islands runs up 

 along its lower portions into a plateau about 1,000 feet in 

 height, while its upper portions run amongst much higher 

 plateau remnants. The various topographies thus enumer- 

 ated are separated by rough youthful forms. Heavy 

 glaciers have passed down the inlet or sound, leaving 

 moraines and other signs of ice action in various places. 



The most feasible explanation (from a consideration of 

 the present note) is that earth forces raised a peneplain 

 here in recent times to form two high plateaus and dropped 

 a centre block to form the inlet, which has since been 

 modified by ice erosion. 



Lake Te Anau is a large body of water bounded by plains 

 and lake terraces on the south and south-east, while its 

 western and main eastern walls are composed of high 

 plateaus of varying heights, and trenched by three or four 

 profound fiords. The base of the lake lies many hundreds 

 of feet below sea level. The topography to the west and 

 north-east is singularly wild, rugged, and magnificent, 

 while the approach from the south is tame and monotonous, 

 except for the high and rugged Takitimu Range which 

 bounds this low lying land block to the east. 



