WA1RAKE, BOILING SPRINGS NEAR TAUPO. 
CHAPTER XVI. 
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 
* Much of this paper was originally published in the New Zealand Magazine, 
Wellington, 1850. 
