CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER VI 
Letter V. Wellington. — Journey to Masterton — A charming garden — 
Sheep-shearing, physicking, and dipping — The Wellington Museum — 
The fourth city in the colonies ..... Page 220 
CHAPTER VII ; 
Letter VI. Christchurch. — Picton — A weary coach-ride — Deforesting 
— Lunch at Canvas Town — Cats and rabbits — The charm of Nelson — 
Weird beauty — Longford — A land of loveliness — Reefton — Lunch at 
Greymouth — The Teremakau River — Unpleasant passengers — Impress- 
ive scenery — Comfortless quarters — The Lincoln School of Agri- 
culture ... 226 
CHAPTER VIII 
Letter VII. Christchurch. — Timaru — The Mackenzie Country — Lake 
Pukaki — Fording the river — Cliffs of ice — Sliding down the cliff — Back 
at the Hermitage — Wind and rain — A riding party — Keas — The Tasman 
glacier — The wild, wonderful beauty of the mountains — A cold swim — 
A snow-storm — Christchurch — The foremost flower-painter in Australia 
— Little River — Lyttelton . . . . . . .241 
CHAPTER IX 
Letter VIII. Dunedin. — A railway ride — A busy city — Kingstown — 
Magnificent mountain scenery — Rabbits, rabbits everywhere — A 
gloomy passenger — Through Purgatory to Paradise — Gold-mining — 
Tame birds — The German doctor — Back at Dunedin — The growth of 
wealth — A land of olive and honey ...... 253 
