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Diagram explaining Photo of Transverse Section of Totara Log. BARK OF TREE igoo—4l6 years 1865—375 years 1840 —350 years Rauparaha's great trek-1820 _ lB i s - 3 2 5 years Waterloo Louis XVI executed— 1703 /yj !79° —300 years Cook's first visit to New Zealand—l 769 1765 —275 years 1740 —250 years 1715 —225 years 1690 —200 years ~ 1665 - -175 years Charles I executed—l 649 Tasman on New Zealand coast—l 642 1640 —150 years - 1615 —125 years Spanish Armada— 15S8 1590—100 years 1565 —75 years 1540 —50 years 1515 —25 years Columbus discovered America— 1492 A.D. 1490—CORE OF TREE Scale : 1 in. of diagram equals 448 of original. Radius of transverse section of tie totara log shown in photo No. 6 ; length of radius, 4 ft. 2 in. The total age of the tree was 416 years ; its diameter was 8 ft. ; and two years before the discovery o£ America it was a seedling. The increment for every twenty-five years is shown on diagram.