. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . fig. 2. The work may occvpy him forseveral days, and he may perhaps peck and polish one or two of thetools that satisfy him more than ordinarily well, But he will have rejectedsome of the blocks after the first examination, and others will be thrownaside on account of flaws or unexpected hardness in the stone. In themeantime half the party will have been away trapping kakapo and wekaon the slopes of the Dun, for in those days the thick tussock of the mineralbelt, untouched for centuries by fire, must have afforded shelter to teeming
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . fig. 2. The work may occvpy him forseveral days, and he may perhaps peck and polish one or two of thetools that satisfy him more than ordinarily well, But he will have rejectedsome of the blocks after the first examination, and others will be thrownaside on account of flaws or unexpected hardness in the stone. In themeantime half the party will have been away trapping kakapo and wekaon the slopes of the Dun, for in those days the thick tussock of the mineralbelt, untouched for centuries by fire, must have afforded shelter to On the return of the hunters he hides the hammer-stones that * , at Pfahlbauten, .Switzerland (vide Dr. Keller, Lake Dwellings, p. 36). t It is probable enough that others would be found in the same place. The NelsonPhilosophical Institute might consider the proper exploration of the basin. % For this suggestion, together with information as to the Native track, I have tothank Mr. F. F. C. Huddleston. Trans. Inst., Vol. XLVI. Plate Pig. 1.—Stone-quarry, Rush Pool, near Nelson.
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