like a dazzling mass ot burnished copper floating in a seu 

 of auriferous splendour. 



"And now from either side approach great rolling crim- 

 son cJoud wi-eaths, ., which spread themselves above and 

 below as though toi form a gorgeous canopied couch for the 

 resting place of the King of Day. For one brief moment he 

 touches his couch, rests upon it, sinks behind it. Great 

 beams of light materialise and spread themselves, fan 

 Bhaped, from horizon to' zenith — opal and amber, 3-ellow 

 and rose, mauve and pui-ple, amethyst and emerald, and 

 there is glory in the clouds which is reflected on sea and 

 land. But, see! the sun has touched the horizon, has 

 passed it; the glory departs, the gold is changed to bronze, 

 the colours fade, the clouds darken, then disperse, then 

 vanish, and only the blue sky remains. The evening star 

 shines out, 



The day is done, and the darkness 

 Falls from the wmgs of night." 



The lecturer proceeded to enumerate places and locali- 

 ties which tourists should see, such as Blue Mountain Peak, 

 the Bog Walk drive, the fern wallos of St. Ann, the Falls 

 of the Eoaring Edver in St. iVnn, and Ijlandovery Eiver in 

 Tulawney, caves, mineral springs, the Lover's Leap, horse 

 and cattle farms, etc., etc. Of the view from Blue Moun- 

 tain peak he said: "From, your feet stretch out mountain 

 ridges, in all directions, covered with every variety of 

 tropical vegetation ; forests perched on the steep sides of 

 adjacent valleys which seem to' slide from the sharp ridges 

 and spurs, down into gorges and ravines, narrower and nar- 

 rower, until the tree tops on the one side toucb those on 

 the other, and below is only darkness and unknown depth, 

 save where rcushing waterfalls and cascades leap from 

 rock to rock, or steal by M'iuding, sinuous pathfc through 

 dusky gullies to the plains below. Lower down, coffee 

 fields, cane fields, banana fields, here and there fill in 

 patches, of lighter or deeper green ; and tlie rivers streak 

 the lowlands with lines of silver, and floAV on to the sea," 



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