Chapter IV. 



left-hand side of tlic xalley. The Mohuku torrent roars more 

 than 600 feet l)el()\v in the deep and precipitons gorge where 

 it has cut a channel through the detritus, while the blocks 

 and pehl)l(^s of tlie moraine formation are quite plainly visible 

 in section on the dee])ly cut sides. 



The trees now grew denser and denser until, on the top of 

 the moraine, the patii once more entered the forest. For 

 some distance the way followed the crest of the moraine, in 

 many places less than a yard an ide, until it reached a gigantic 

 boulder of gneiss about 30 feet long, and from 18 to 20 feet 

 liigh, near which stood a little straw-roofed shed quite crooked 

 and propj)ed up bv a few piles driven into the earth. This 



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is the canip of Nakitawa. ( )n every side stretched the 

 foi-est of tall li'ffs with the dense brushwood heiieath. 

 Iloui's of h.'inl woi'k wcic i(M|nn'ed t<» cut down enough 



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