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AMERICAN SCIENTISTS IN ‘THE DOMINION,: (By, Telegraph.—Special Correspondent) Christchurch, February. 10. The two ‘young American scientists, Mesrs. Sinnot ‘and Eames, who are making an investigation into the fossil plants of New Zealand, “returned to Christchurch last evening, after spend ing a few weeks in the south. ‘They told a'Press” reporter that they had had a pleasant time and that the re sult of their southern tour had amply repaid the time spent on it. The visi tors stated that they spent some little time at the fossil’ forest, at Waikawa, in Southland, where they went particu larly to see the petrified trees for which this locality is noted. The ~ petrified forest is,at Curio Bay, and the young scientists found it a most interesting place. They worked for some time in the vicinity, of Invercargill riding splen did fields for their investigations at Seaward Bush, the Hokonui Hills, and in’ the lignite pits, which are $0 Dul merous in Southland. While on their travels they collected specimens of liv ing plants, as‘well as fossils, and ‘their “swags were sometimes very bully and heavy. ay have collected a lot’ of fossil material, including specimens of the petrified wood which occurs in the Seaward, Bush, and at Curia, Bay. These fossils belong to ‘n_very ‘remote period, and they will have to be, cut top,and scientifically examined before they can be identified. They probably belong to some class’ of pines. Their collection also includes a number of pet rifed ferns from the Seaward Bush. This bush, it may be stated, impressed the visitors very ‘much indeed... It was very luxuriant ‘and reminded them of the North Island bush. The growth was very rich and rank,and they were rather surprised to see delicate ferns there, which they did not expect to en counter so far south.’ One of the most pleasant parts of their tour was the visit paid to Mount Cook. The reve lation, there, was, of course, distinctly alpine, but they made a’ representative collection of it. . . Messrs. Simmet and Eames will prob ably leave for Wellington to-night. They intend to spend a few days among the mountains on’ the Main’ Trunk route,and then, to go on to ‘Rotorua. They leave Auckland, for: Sydney,’ on February 27,and then will “Probably spend a couple of months'in_ Australia before returning to America. ~
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Wellington Dominion
Wellington, North Island, NZ
Sat, Feb 11, 1911
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