SHELLS ON MOUNT EDEN.
—It is very kind of "Taipo" to further ventilate this question of the sheila on Mount Eden. The whole matter lies in a nutshell, and the facte are indisputable. The sandstone foundation, upon which Auckland Stands was once upon a time pushed up from the 'bottom of the sea, and became dry land. Later on the voloanio debris whioh forms Mount Eden was thrown out upon the land. Shells now on the surface of the mountain were, therefore, carried there, not raised with the isthmus of Auckland from the bed of the sea. Further, in the early days, before the pakeha came to this country, animal food was at a premium among the Maoris. To satisfy the needs of the dwellers in the pa on Mount Eden, women and male slaves "pikaued" many thousands of flax baskets of pipis, etc., during a long period of years, from Onehunga beaoh to the mountain, hence the shells that remain there. PiFL
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15249, 12 March 1913, Page 4
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