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this range is Mount Franklin—not over-estimated at 10,000 feet— whilst 
around it are several minor peaks averaging from 8,000 to 9,000 feet in height. 
The Buller River, which rises on the north side of the range, has its sources in 
Mount Travers, and empties itself, after a course of about 15 miles, into Lake 
Arthur, which, with the valley above it, lies between a spur of Mount Robert 
on the west, and the base of the St. Arnaud range on the east; the general 
trend of the valley and lake being due north. After leaving the lake the 
river flows to the westward until it reaches the sea, its waters being increased 
on its course by numerous large rivers, several of which have their sources on 
the western.side of the Spencer Mountains. А line of road from N elson, 
leading originally only to the Wairau Valley, now branches, in the heart ofa 
great forest familiarly known as the * Big Bush," to the gold fields of the 
Inangahua and Lyell, passing through = "y of the Buller and the rugged 
gorge of the Devil’sGrip. Almosti 
the Buller road enters the line of an ¿niata moraine, along the flank of which 
i g the point of junction 
it runs for several miles, until it opens a small valley excavated in the moraine 
itself, in a direction nearly parallel to the northern shore of Lake Arthur. 
Crossing this valley and ascending the moraine on the southern side of it the 
lake opens out, forming a noble sheet of water, which is seen stretching for 
miles into the great mountain range. The waters of the lake are of a rich 
blue colour, and throw up in bold relief the massive spurs of Mount Robert 
and of the St. Arnaud range, whose lower slopes, covered to the very edge 
with dense forest, dip abruptly into Шеш; whilst far to the north ward, 
closing in the view, rise the rugged snow-flecked peaks of Mount Travers. It 
is impossible to imagine a scene of greater beauty, unless we can look forward 
to the time when the shores of the lake will be studded with villas, giving to 
it that appearance of life and animation which are alone wanting to complete 
its loveliness. 
Along the front of the lake, parallel to the small valley above referred to, 
lies a considerable portion of the huge moraine, rising from 100 to 150 feet 
above the level of the water, the outlet of which has made its way through it 
at its south-west corner, cutting it down to the depth of from 100 to 120 feet. 
On the opposite side of the valley, and about a mile and a half from the water, 
is a range of hills rising from 300 to 400 feet higher than the upper surface of 
the moraine, and which are composed chiefly of boulder beds, gravels, and 
sands, in no degree cemented, very little inclined in stratification, and in many 
places exhibiting perpendicular sections several hundred feet high, particularly 
in places where the foot of the hills has been washed by a river. The materials 
are all water-worn, and exhibit the common appearance of gravels and sands 
which have been deposited in quiet water basins. Captain Hutton, who 
accompanied me during а late visit to this locality, treats these beds as of 
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