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A BUSY CITY 
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On the opposite shore again is a drive still more 
beautiful along the Blueskin road, so named from a 
Maori, Te Hickutu, whom they called Old Blue Skin, 
from his very tattooed face, which in this district was 
not a universal custom. The road runs along the top 
of the cliffs, with the whole stretch of the harbour and 
Port Chalmers below, thick wooded slopes on the other 
side, and in the distance one mountain peak behind 
another ; while farther away still in misty blue are 
those with their perpetual garments of snow. High 
up in these hills, away from the busy crowd, the dust 
and glare of the city, you see it only as a picture, with 
the tall slender spires of its many churches of all 
denominations, foremost among them the steeple of the 
first “ Auld Kirk,” the Town Hall, University, and other 
fine buildings. At Ocean Beach, the southern end of 
the city, are two headlands, bounded on either side 
with a strong battery of guns. Here the great waves 
roll in from the open sea, and the long sandy stretch 
of beach is a favourite resort for those who ride. 
Every sort of manufacturing industry is carried on, 
from timber, grain, brewing, tanning, fruit and meat pre- 
serving, boot and shoe making, coach-building, biscuit, 
soap, candle and brick making, besides others too 
numerous to mention. Several iron steamships have 
been built by Messrs. Kincaird, M'Queen, and Company, 
and all the dredges used on the harbour works. At the 
Roslyn and Mosgeil factories all kinds of woollen goods 
are made, and many hundreds of hands are employed. 
I spent a day going over the latter, where everything 
is seen from start to finish — the wool in process of 
being sorted in its greasy state, then cleaned, dyed, and 
finally the cloth in its finished state. A great many 
girls are employed here, and a small town, containing 
the many cottages of those working here, has grown 
