PROPHECY BY DR. HOCHSTETTER.
Whew the eminent geologist, Dr. Hochstetter, visited New Zealand in the early part of 1859, he made a very careful examination of the Hot Lake district, going from Lake Taupo to Kotomabana, and visiting the wonderful springs at Orakei-korako in his journey. On nearing Tarawera, he camped one afternoon close at the font of the Paeroa peak, where there are numerous mud volcanoes, and at the top of the mountain a powerful column of steam ascends from the great fountain jf Te Kopiha. After examining this region, only a few miles from Tarawera, he proceeds to say, " I am of opinion that this whole portion of the mountain, up to the Te Kopiha fountain —being, as it seems, thoroughly decomposed by hot vapours —will some day cause a sudden catastrophe by falling in, and covering the Ratoreka Plain with a flood of hot mud." The natives would not permit him to ascend the Tarawera range, but in" face of the present eruption the above prediction is an important one.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7661, 11 June 1886, Page 6
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