EXPLANATION OE THE MAPS. 
The Taupo district is the source of the extensive masses 
of pumice which are distributed over the terraces. 
o. Littoral formation along the coast. 
(at) Formation of downs mostly near the West Coast and 
on the Coast of the Bay of Plenty. 
(h.) Layers of titanic magnetic iron sand along the West 
Coast. 
(cl) Mud with brackish sea animals in the estuaries of the 
East and West Coast. 
i. Formation in the interior. 
(a.) Extensive swamps and peat bogs along the East Coast, 
the Middle and Lower Waikato basin, and on the 
entrance of the Waikato. 
(b.) Layers, with bones of the Moa (. Dinornis ), and Moa 
stones in swamps ; alluvial deposits and caves in the 
Upper Waipa, Mokau, and Tuhua district, and on the 
East Coast. 
(cl) Layers of kauri gum in the northern part of the 
Province of Auckland, where formerly kauri forest 
existed. 
(dl) Alluvium containing gold in the neighbourhood of 
Coromandel harbour. 
5. Accumulations by the hands of men, as shells, stones, 
bones, &c., over different districts. 
(a.) Heaps of shells of edible varieties— Cardium, Ostrea, 
Mytilus, Patella, Yenus, Haliotis, Mesodesma, Turbo, 
Monodonta, &c.—particularly in the places of former 
pas and villages, analogous to the Kjokken modelings 
in Denmark. 
(b.y Stones of fire-places of the Maoris, charcoal, and 
ashes. 
(cl) A variety of tools made from stone by the Maoris, 
anchors, axes, &c., prepared of Aphanite, Nephrite^ 
flintstone, &c. 
(dl) Human bones, bones of dogs, whales, fishes, and 
different birds—Penguin, Albatross, Weka (Ocydromus ), 
Kiwi (Apterix) , Moa bones, and egg shells, in the 
neighbourhood of the Maori fire-places. These bones 
are mostly burned, and bear the marks of stone 
weapons. 
