CONTENTS Xlll 
CHAPTER VI 
Lbttbr 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 Vn 
Lbttbr 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 
Lbttbr VII. Christchurch.— Timaru— The Mackenzie Country— Lake 
Pukaki — Fording the river — Cliffs of ice — Sliding down the cliflF— 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 
Lbttbr VII L Dunbdin.— A railway ride — A busy dty — 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 
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