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MOUNT VlTTOitiA. 



can be better applied thata any other kinib of 

 the colonial tiiiiliov. 



We passed an inn, erected on a spot not un- 

 appropriately called Blackheath," aHid itwad 

 Imly a dtsmalj bteak4oddiig plaee^. After 

 riding a distance of fourteen or fifteen miles, we 

 tnrned ofi" to t]ie new road, nearly completed, 

 but not yet thrown open to the public, passing 

 tliTOugli Mount T^iia, so aa i0 avoid steep 

 ms^soMmm fm of ** Mount ^otk."* It 

 would he well worth the trouble of the travell er to 

 view both passes, by w hich lie will be enabled to 

 to judge of the value that must be attached to an 

 tnwkrtaking that ought to co«|ar immoTtality on 

 its pti^mtxt mi^tms;, Mts^^v MitcheU, the 

 suarveyor-generel isf ii^ e^lozty. He tfceii ap- 

 preeiate tlie immense labour that must hnve at- 

 tended the formation of a road through Mount 



oaU^ ntLi& the presrent hi^y*talmied sKirtepiiw 



ji'eneral, surmounting all the difficulties, ac:ainst 

 l)oth jHiblie an<l private op](osition, showed what 

 talent and perseverance can attain, ami how 

 superior minds <i&it ov«^ine ih^ prejiulicss 

 of ignorant tut $6lf-interested indi^idt^^ldf 

 has thus gCv0» to the colony a road, whicSi, 



* .Mtnmt York, accordti^ to Oxky, is 8,202 feel above 

 the lev^ of the 



