Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Volume 21J. Hughes, Printer, 1889 The proceedings or notices of the member institutes of the society form part of the section "Proceedings" in each volume; lists of members are included in v. 1-41, 43-60, 64- |
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Abdomen acute angles antennæ apex Auckland basal base birds branches branchlets broad brown bush Cells Cephalothorax Christchurch cilia colour costa County of Waipawa curved Dannevirke dark fuscous diameter district dorsal Dunedin earthquake edge end-view flexuous Forewings Frond Genus glabrous grey Greymouth hairs Hawke's Bay Hindwings imbricate inner margin Island James Hector lake Lake Brunner larvæ leaves Legs length lines long lines wide lobes lower Maori Maxilla Maxillary palpi median middle miles minute moderately Mount Tongariro N.Z. Inst narrow Nordstedt oblique oblong obtuse ochreous orbicular Otaki ovate pair pale palpi Paranephrops peduncle Perianth planifrons plant Plate Posterior tibiæ recurved River rocks rounded segments shock short side slender slightly South Island species specimens spines spot Stipules stout streak Taupo terminal joint thorax tibiæ tips Tongariro trees valley veins W. C. Obs Wanganui Wellington whitish whitish-ochreous wings Zealand
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Page 410 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitched the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave, Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touched within us, and the heart replies.
Page 411 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 410 - ... strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 412 - I COME from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges.
Page 200 - Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered ; " That is but the owl and owlet, Talking in their native language, Talking, scolding at each other.
Page 370 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Page 410 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry: in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach.
Page 410 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence. The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 411 - Hark ! how the sacred calm, that breathes around, Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease ; In still small accents whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace.
Page 381 - ... the water, the river being still between us: They saw the effect, and desisted from their threats; but we thought it prudent to retreat till the marines could be landed. This was soon done ; and they marched, with a jack carried before them, to a little bank, about fifty yards from the water-side ; here they were drawn up, and I again advanced, with Mr Banks and Dr Solander ; Tupia, Mr Green, and Mr Monkhouse, being with us.