ROTO HAHANA, THE WARM LAKE AND ITS BOILING SPRINGS. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
THE GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
The solitary position of these Islands, separated by such a 
wide expanse of ocean from the continent of America on the 
east, and Australia on the west, their size and extent forming 
a belt of more than a thousand miles in length, together with 
our recent acquaintance with their existence, give them a 
great geological interest. 
When we look at the map of the World, we cannot fail to 
observe the apparently continuous line of islands which stretch 
southward from Japan to New Zealand.* These at once strike 
the eye of the geologist, as being the disrupted fragments of 
* An ancient continuous line of land will account for the presence of wingless 
birds, such as the Apterix Australis or Kiwi and the Dinornis or Moa on these 
islands. Capt. King, R.N., states, there are soundings from the Three Kings 
to Norfolk Island. 
