C.—6.

Fig. 1.—View of the Franz Josef Glacier, as seen from Cannavans Knob, descending into the great forest-mass of Westland. [Photo, E. Teichelmann.

Fig. 2.—The green tree-fern (Hemitelia Smithii) at one mile and a half from the terminal face of the Franz Josef Glacier, growing in the forest at no great distance from the ice— a phenomenon not to be seen in any part of the world except New Zealand. [Photo, E. Teichelmann. To face page 18.]