DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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miles the journey is tame and uninteresting, a dreary monotony of pumice and tussock- 

 grass. At Runanga, however, there comes a sudden and welcome change in the lancl- 



THE FLOWERS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



scape, for the road here approaches the pretty Waipunga River, .hurrying musically along its 

 course from the mountains; and, by following its charming sinuosities, the traveller is intro- 



