THE CEACINATION THEORY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14528, 20 May 1909, Page 8

THE CEACINATION THEORY

Stll,- -Htsiory, we aw.old, ,-opeats'it.elf "uu surely in ~,,., ,ec s ,aph,cal eon,roveilv we Jiav: a ea,e miiular lo mat when 'IliC h..u-1-o; Clliithi.il!, wil.i his sword drawn Stcc.,l « MiiK . ,„ r blr l(l , h „ t(1 btrach ""• Sir luchard, .casing io he at 'cm, htujd Hamng tor tnc Earl of Ctiathum. liul perniit in-.', in an amiahle wa.y, to add a lew woids to ij.e disenssion. To ou c w l' w h.u inad.e the study of (Jtajjo gailv Si - a ht.-ciiutlini,' tioiiby fa-: sumo- years, J'roieWor I'arkV tiiiory oi Rlaciath.n eomes not as i>, bull. I loin i!:e bine; and, although I made mi ))tiblication of my own view, I think that IVofcs-or Park- has taken a- leaf out of the Uev. .Mi- Christie's book, when he proclaiuis hinif.eif tint discover.?!' nf a confimiot:s ice sheet in |i!eislotene times. Perhaps I'i-oi'osjor Park was unaware that, fhe columns of the Otajjo Witness only lust year, Jir Chris!ie brought forward this very ,same thorny, and from my own pc-ismiiil of I he- plmomcriu that Mr Christie mentioned lo sup];crt his theory 1 eompletcly endorsed his oivinions. Xow. Sir, seeing that these articles appeal".! only last year, must: we not give honour lo whom honour is due, and proch'im Mr CArisrie- as the promulgator of the th-oory of a coiilinttotts ice sheet that stretched from the south all over Olago?— f am, etc., Felspar.

S>m,—Will you kindly permit me n few s:nlei:c:s on this interesting i>\ibjeot? I have had :i. training in it, and given it .some attention. Can anyone suppose that ice would bo 1000 ft. in depth at Wakutipu ami the east cou.it of Otago bathed in summer sunshine? The cast coast of Otago at that poricd would correspond to Greenland at the present day. If anyone would take a i rip with mo along the Otago eoasfc lie would he abundantly satisfied aJid all his <|i!-'sTio!i3 fully ainwored. Betrimiing at Wangaloa, we would there see "a moraine forming a did' on the soaslioro. Coming north, wo_ would find lint tho Tokomairiro and Taicri Rivers cut their way to the sea, thromrh the coast rani!.?. The ire shct was higher than Saddle Mill. Then we have I lie excavation of Dunedin Harbour with its roch? rnoutonnoes at Port Chalnvzrs. In the same noijhbonrnord we have Hooper's Tnlo-t, Payanni, Purakanui, un<l Blnoskin Hay—all too excavations. At. Wniknuniti the whole liistorv n r the facial period can be pointed out in it--- old riverl"vl. its lerminnl nuvraina behind Cherry Farm, on the property of Mr A. Orhcil; ilri glacial c]a.\R. [riMvelts, terrace-, driated anil transporhd bouillon; its moa bones, and eggshell*. Further north, Pleasant Diver A'alley has several roehe n'outoin 1 .. ,, >cs within a few hundred yards of the breakers. Jarspoid boulder.; are found on the summit of th" Hoi-'e lt™w, in sight of the sea, ti mile or two distant. I point out \hv&>. evidences as aecrsM'hle from Dunedin, and such as "'ay !:« roar-bod in an afternoon. They could b--> a;M ; "d to by hundreds and thou--aiuls without hv|Krbol", from Auckland to Ih? lllulV. Many thanks to Professor Marshall for his pertinent questions. There is nothing like I'stintr the yalidilv of what may appear doubtful in any scientific inf|iiiry.—l nni, Boslyn, May 17. .T. fljlßiSTir.