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tion he travelled as far south as Okarito, and he was the first to explore the great glacier at the head of the Waiau River, which he named after the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, in recognition of that Monarch's interest in New Zealand. It is to be noted that Haast placed on record the correct Maori name of the river and the glacier, Waiau, which in these days has been corrupted officially to “Waiho.” Waiau is descriptively appropriate; it means “Swirling Waters” or “River of (Strong) Currents,” which, as anyone knows who has ever forded that ice-born torrent, fits it very well.

Many another rough and toilsome journey was undertaken. The most adventurous of all was a cruise in an open boat for two hundred miles along the surf-beaten coast, landing here and there to make a geological examination of the Westland rocks and ranges. More than once disaster all but overtook Haast and his companions, in launching their small craft, which was nothing more than a dinghy, from the roller - pounded beaches, or running before the strong winds under a rag of sail.

No part of the Coast and mountains and plains in the Canterbury Geologist's district was left unexamined. Never in the history of New Zealand exploration was duty more thoroughly carried out regardless of discomfort, toil and danger.