southern part of North Island; but are totally wanting upon the narrow 
northwestern peninsula, North of Auckland, where to my knowledge no 
trace of Moa-bones has as yet been found. This circumstance would more- 
over serve to explain, why there is no mention made of Moas in the tra- 
ditions of the Ngapuhis, who inhabited this northern peninsula. 
Upon South Island: 
a) The limestone caves of the Aorere Valley in the Province Nelson, 
especially the Moa Cave and Hochstetters Cave. Whole skeletons of Din. 
elephantopus , didiformis and Palapteryx ingens have been discovered in 
these caves. The lower strata with Din. elephantopus are probably diluvial. 
b) The plains of Canterbury ; where it scarcely ever happens that a ditch 
of any length is dug without bones coming to light there which chiefly 
belong to the species Din . dromioides, struthioid.es and robust us ,* and 
about 35 miles north of Christchurch there is a large swamp near the 
Glenmark home station which is literally interlarded with Moa-bones; 
Dr. Haast in 1866 found here no less than twenty-five skeletons of the 
Din. elephantopus and Din. crassus. 
c) The vicinity of Timaru South-west of Banks peninsula; the caves and 
swamps adjacent to this coast-point are said to be full of Moa-bones. 
d) Near Ruamoa, 3 miles South of Oamaru Pt. (“First Rocky Read”), 
Mr. W. Mantell found a skeleton of Din. elephantopus, buried in the 
sand near the coast and close tho the same spot circular pits with char- 
coal, half burnt Moa-bones and round stones, such as the natives use in 
cooking, in fact regular Moa eookingstoves (Hangi Maori); the same 
gentleman also found some old stone-knives of obsidian. 
e) At the outlet of the Waikouaiti, 17 miles North of the Otago Peninsula, 
there is a swamp, which in time of highwater is flooded by the sea; 
this is the famous spot from which Mr. Percy Earl, Dr. Mackellar and 
Mr. W. Mantell have enriched their collections. 
f) At the mouth of the Clutha River, South of the Otago Peninsula, and 
Moa Hill, 15 miles farther in the interior. 
7. Accumulations by the hand of Man. 
There are found in different parts of the North and South Islands: 
a) heaps of muscle-shells, — Cardium, Ostrea, My til us, Patella, Venus, 
Haliotis, Mesodesma, Turbo, Monodonta etc. — particularly in places 
formerly occupied by pahs and villages, analogous to the Kjokkenmod- 
dings of Danemark; 
b) cooking stones, char-coal, and wood-ashes in the cooking places of 
the Maoris; 
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