A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . MOUNT THK FkAXZ (ILACTKK REEFTON TO HOKITIKA 103 along the sylvan pathway, feeling as though I were inanother world In places the sun penetrated, and lit up the foliage oneither side. Here and there the forest opened out and, en-framed by trailing greenery, could be seen lofty ranges shin-ing in the burning sun, and enchanting peeps of the glacier- In less than two hours I was at the usual hut to befound for the shelter of climbers, and gazing on a scene ofindescribable grandeur. This flood of ice is only one ofmany which during cent
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . MOUNT THK FkAXZ (ILACTKK REEFTON TO HOKITIKA 103 along the sylvan pathway, feeling as though I were inanother world In places the sun penetrated, and lit up the foliage oneither side. Here and there the forest opened out and, en-framed by trailing greenery, could be seen lofty ranges shin-ing in the burning sun, and enchanting peeps of the glacier- In less than two hours I was at the usual hut to befound for the shelter of climbers, and gazing on a scene ofindescribable grandeur. This flood of ice is only one ofmany which during centuries have gouged their waythrough the rocks from the ice-field above, which is one ofthe largest in the world. The Fox Glacier lies about seventeen miles distant, andthe distinctive feature of these two glaciers is the un-usual contrast of the exceptionally white ice with thedensely foliaged walls enclosing them, thick with whiteblossomed ribbon-wood, alpine broom, tree-ferns, pine-topped neinei, half-shrub, half-pine, and masses of floweringrata. A shor
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