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downvvarcl incline ol the grass-covered plateau ; it gradually 

 changed to a barren plain of volcanic origin, and the view 

 extended over the wide glittering lake. 



Filling a far-stretching hollow, and lost to view on 

 the horizon, it lay at our feet, a welcome sight. 



The camp was pitched beside a parched-looking 



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)i roRTixixy OF indulging in the enjoyment of a bath. 



'msuaki tree on the banks of a brook which at this time 

 of the year was a turbid torrent pouring itself down 

 towards the lake. Some time before, bush and grass fires 

 had rao^ed in the neighbourhood and destroved the old 

 grass, and here, it would seem, a heavy rainfall had 

 conjured forth for us a new carpet of grass that was fresh 

 and luxuriant. The remarkable luxuriance of the grass 



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