DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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last reminders of the 

 "anri sacra fames" are 

 soon left behind, and 

 scenery of increasing 

 wilclness and sublimity 



succeeds. The road soon strikes into the lovely 

 valley of the Teremakau, lofty trees lining both 

 sides of the course, and their foliage at in- 

 tervals intertwining overhead so as to form a 

 delightful leafy arcade; beyond the trees at one 

 side is the ample channel of the River, and, 

 stretching upward with an extensive sweep from 

 its farther bank, are towering mountain ranges 

 heavily crowned with snow. It is a run of twenty- 

 three miles from the Taipo Hotel to the celebrated Otira Gorge, and as the end of this 

 stage is neared the level road skirts the Otira River, with sky-piercing mountains on 



THE TERRACE OF THE BEA1.KY. 



