Volume 14 Australasia - dana ward's homepage

428 AUSTRALASIA.between numcroas islands and steej) rocky headlands. Tlie Maoris who formerlydwelt in these now almost deserted uplands never ventured without a sense of aweto approach the shores of this lake, in whose gloomy waters were reflected the darkforest-clad slopes of the encircling hills. The name Manapiiri, that is, " Sad Heart,"possibly expresses the sense ofmelancholy inspired iu them by the god concealedin this silent lake.To the lakes on the east slope correspond the fiords indenting the west side ofIS-t.—FiOKDS OP South-West New Zealand.Scale 1 : 2,900,000.Fast oF GreenwichI6/'the southern plateau of the New Zealand Alps. Both are of analogous formation,the only difference being that the eastern depressions areflooded with freshwater,while those on the west are saltwater basins communicating with the sea. In thisregion of the archipelago the contrast is consequently the same as that presentedby the eastern and western valleys of the Scandinavian Peninsula, where Swedenwith its lacustrine and fluvial valleys corresponds to Norway with its marine