Excerpt from The Geology of the Whatatutu Subdivision, Raukumara Division, Poverty Bay The general conditions within the Whatatutu Subdivision are not so favourable for geological investigation as might be expected from the topographical relief of the area. The rock formations are for the most part subject to rapid surface-decomposition, owing to which the crests and slopes of the ridges and spurs have become covered with a thick mantle of dis integrated rock. The beds of the main streams and of their tributaries afford the best outcrops for aiding the geologist in the mapping of the varied strata. Faces exposed by land-slips on the slopes of spurs and ridges occur sparingly, but give useful information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Excerpt: "You ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, something about my share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'Tis sad work turning back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us, in England, it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings if we had only made use of them."