CHAPTER X.

THE HOT LAKE DISTRICT: ITS EXTENT AND PECULIARITIES.-- MEDICINAL SPRINGS.--ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS.--FRED'S NARROW ESCAPE.--SCALDED TO DEATH IN A HOT POOL.--LAKE ROTOMAHANA.-- THE WHITE TERRACES: HOW THEY ARE FORMED.--THE PINK TERRACES.-- BOILING LAKES.--NATURE'S BATH-TUBS.--PETRIFIED BIRDS.--A TABOOED MOUNTAIN.--THE TABU ON DUCKS.--NATIVE DEMORALIZATION.--WAIROA.--DESTRUCTION OF THE TERRACES.-- TERRIBLE ERUPTION, WITH LOSS OR LIFE.--A VILLAGE THROWN INTO A LAKE.--TAURANGA AND THE GATE PAH.--MAORI FORTIFICATIONS.-- SHORT HISTORY OF THE MAORI WAR: ITS CAUSES AND RESULTS.--FROM TAURANGA TO NAPIER.--A PASTORAL COUNTRY.--ATTRACTIONS OF NAPIER.--OVERLAND TO WELLINGTON.--FARMING AND HERDING SCENES.--A CURIOUS ARTICLE OF COMMERCE. 222