DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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THE BULLER ROAD AND RIVER. 



three hundred to three thousand eight hundred feet, while farther on the sharp cone of 

 Mount Rintoul pierces the sky at an altitude of four thousand seven hundred and twenty feet. 

 Nestling within the retirement of the Bay, and on its south-eastern side, lies Nelson, 

 the chief town of the province. Both shores of the Bay are margined by towering 

 mountains, and between the town itself and a lofty range in the background extend the 



