(To the Editor.)
Sir, —The following extract 'from "Adventure in New Zealand," by E. J. AVakefield, first published in 1845, may be interesting in. connection with the above controversy. At p. 419 of the 1908 edition, when speaking of Lake Taupo, the author says:— "In the S.E. corner a. long low isthmus joins a peninsula of considerable size and height to the main; and in a lino between the peninsula and Mount Tauhara, a small island rises to tho height of 200 or 300 ft from the water. The peninsula is called Motu o Apa and the island Motu Tahiko. About three miles to the southward of the isthmus, the Waikato Biver flows into the lake by three sluggish, shallow mouths; and tho valley of the river from four to five miles in breadth' stretches away to the S.E. between Pihana and Tonga Riro to the AY. and the western extremity of Kai Manawa to the east."
A few lines lower down he refers to the Waikato issuing seaward and also to "the banks of the Upper Waikato." We may presume that Wakefield obtained the names of localities and natural objects from tho Natives, with whom lie was in> constant communication during his journey, and that in the year 1841 the river in question was known to all concerned as the Waikato.—l am etc., '
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1932, Page 6
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224(To the Editor.) Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1932, Page 6
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