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bay. The present track to the lake is only a portion of a longer 
one which leads over the Hump to the south end of Hauroto. 
When the attempt was made some two or three years ago to 
take up the Princess country as a sheep-run, the sheep were 
driven round by the mouth of the Waiau, along the shore of 
Te-wae-wae Bay, and up by a ridge passing to the south end 
of the Hump to the foot of the lake, where a species of bridge 
had been erected.. Except at the extreme ends of the lake, there 
is not a single accessible ridge by which the Princess Mountains 
may be climbed ; their sides are in most places as steep as the 
roof of a house. 
This lake offers one of the shortest routes to the West 
Coast Sounds, as a passable road could probably be made to its 
head from the head of Preservation Inlet. We could not judge 
this for ourselves, but the two shepherds who had preceded us 
appeared to think a trudge through to the Inlet as quite a 
feasible undertaking. 
Along. the west bank of the Waiau there is a considerable 
amount of good country for settlement, and the valley of the 
Lill-burn itself could support a large agricultural population, as 
the land is tolerably level and backed by low hills. The bush 
also, though not very heavy, would yield abundance of valuable 
timber. But unfortunately, from the eastern end of Hauroto, 
where any road from the Waiau would terminate, to the head of 
fie dake, there is not an acre of level greund, so that boats or 
steamers could alone make the connection. 
We hope to see Hauroto again on some future occasion, but 
trust that when the time comes we may be able to do the trip in 
a less primitive but more comfortable manner. 
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GENERAL NOLES. 
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ADENOCHILUS GRACILIS, Hook, f—The occurrence of this 
plant in the south-west corner of the South Island was noted in 
the last issue of the journal. Mr. T. F. Cheeseman informs us 
that he found it growing plentifully in the Buller Valley, Nel- 
son, also in several localities about Wangapeka and Mount 
Owen, but that it is rare and local in Auckland Province. 
EUPHRASIA REPENS, Hook, f—This rare plant was obtained 
about three years ago in a peat bog on the top of Maungatua 
(22 miles from Dunedin), by Mr. Geo. M. Thomson, but though 
the locality has been often searched since, it could not be again 
found. It has recently, however, been met with near the same 
spot by Mr. S. W. Fulton. It differs in several important 
