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Carvings at Oliinemutu on lake Rotorua, 
Kuapeka Bay forms the centre of the hot springs. There it 
seethes and bubbles and steams from hundred places. The principal 
spring is the Great Waikite at the South-side of the bay. The basin 
of the fountain communicates with the lake, and it is to the im- 
mense quantities of hot water issued forth here, that the whole bay 
becomes warm and forms an excellent bathing-place. By approach- 
ing the fountain more or less, any degree of temperature may be 
chosen. The water of the fountain is perfectly clear. For some 
short moments all is quiet in the large basin, only white steam- 
clouds ascending from it; then a powerful ebullition succeeds in 
raising the water to a height of four to six feet, sometimes even to 
ten and twelve feet. Little Waikite, a few yards above, forms a 
basin four to live feet wide, in which the water rises about every 
five minutes several feet high, sinking down again during the inter- 
vals to a depth of six to seven feet. The temperature I found to 
be 201° F. In going about between the countless pools of boil- 
ing sputtering mud and water, the greatest care has to be taken. 
