Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . t. LI.—I^oies on the Hot Sjmnys Nos. 1 and 2, GreatBarrier Isla7id, with Sketches shoicing the Temperature of theWaters. By C. P. WiNKELMANN. [Read before the Auckland Institute, June, 1886.] Plate XXIII. I.—On Monday, the 11th January, during the morning, I leftEosalie Bay, situated on the east of the south end of the GreatBarrier, in a boat, rounded Cape Barrier, crossed TryphenaHarbour, arriving at Blind Bay in the afternoon. From Blind Bay to the Hot Springs No. 1 there is a fairlygood track, the walking being quite easy, an
Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . t. LI.—I^oies on the Hot Sjmnys Nos. 1 and 2, GreatBarrier Isla7id, with Sketches shoicing the Temperature of theWaters. By C. P. WiNKELMANN. [Read before the Auckland Institute, June, 1886.] Plate XXIII. I.—On Monday, the 11th January, during the morning, I leftEosalie Bay, situated on the east of the south end of the GreatBarrier, in a boat, rounded Cape Barrier, crossed TryphenaHarbour, arriving at Blind Bay in the afternoon. From Blind Bay to the Hot Springs No. 1 there is a fairlygood track, the walking being quite easy, and the surroundingcountry not being devoid of interest to both the botanist andgeologist; but as my time was limited, and my special objectwas to examine the springs, I could not, though I muchwished, search amongst the vast masses of volcanic rock andabundant growth of plants found skirting the heights of theWhite Cliffs. i 1Itan$j«tt0tt$ fgm ^euknti |it$itiut% Vol. xix., pi. xxiii. N?2 SPRJf/G. Wh^rui^a^ Jccn^ — \ 7^ 1 Wit^ ootcL wci£tyof. CWraUa^. To aixiMrcdcTa^ver b/ i i J WiNKELMANN.—Oil the Great Barrier Hot Springs, 889 When once the cliffs are mounted the track is a com-paratively easy one, for the most part consisting of a gradualdescent, and any hardship experienced during the first part ofthe journey quickly vanishes as portions of the forest areentered. Groups of fine Ci/athea, Lomoria, and Pteris at onceattract attention; and under the spreading leaves of the beau-tiful nikau [Areca sapida) the weary traveller, if he may be sotermed, may rest and refresh himself, the solemn silence of theforest being alone disturbed by the melodious song of the tui[Prosthemadera novce-zealandicB) and the lively twitter of thelittle fantail [Pihipidura flahellifera), ever flitting about. After about two hours walk the first lot of hot springs arereached, their nearness being announced by a strong sulphuroussmell, and, on reaching the place where the
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