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from them and still bear the same character. The suspended particles cannot settle in 

 consequence of the strong currents which prevail." Twelve miles from Tekapo, and on its 



south-western side, it is connected by a small 

 stream with a lake of less extent, which has 

 been named Alexandrina, after the Princess 

 of Wales. 



A stretch of thirty miles separates Tekapo 

 from Lake Pukaki. At the end of the first 

 six miles, a branch road strikes off at the 

 right to Braemar Station, and thence across 

 the Tasman River to Mount Cook, which 

 was the route taken by the Rev. Mr. Green 

 in his memorable ascent of the "Mont Blanc" 

 of New Zealand. The route, however, lies 

 past Balmoral Station, and thence by a 

 gradual descent to Irishman's Creek, when- 

 the first glimpse of Mount Cook is obtained. 

 Holding on this course we cross the Mary 

 Burn, and ascend by a short rise to Simon's 

 Pass, which offers an extensive view of the 

 northern portion of Otago. The road now 

 winds about over old moraine accumulations 

 to Dover's Pass, where Lake Pukaki comes 

 suddenly into view. 



Dr. Von Haast has justly observed that 

 "amongst the different Alpine lakes of the 

 Province of Canterbury, Lake Pukaki is with- 

 out doubt the most picturesque. It lies one 

 thousand seven hundred and forty-six feet 

 above the sea, is ten miles long and four 

 miles broad, and its formation is one of 

 the most interesting objects which can be 

 presented to the geologist and physical geo- 

 grapher. Nowhere, so far as my knowledge; 

 extends, are the proofs so convincing that 

 it has, like similar lakes in other Alpine 

 regions, been formed by the retreat of an 

 enormous glacier. But it may truly be stated 

 that the view from its shores towards its 

 sources will rival in beauty and majesty any 

 known views in the world. In the centre, 

 Mount Cook, resembling a large white tent, 

 rises above the' other ice-clad giants, of which 

 Mount Stokes and Mount Sefton to the 





