. Birds of the water, wood & waste . k Ss^. The Pigeon )HE geology of tlie run is toofascinating a subject uponwhicli to embark in it to repeat what hasbeen said before, tliat thereare several hundred miles of precipiceand crag on Tutira. The western boundaryrunning north and south is for miles arampart of sandstone capped with native name of the block, Heru-o-Turea,the comb of Turea, most aptly describesthe look of the country side, sliced as it isinto sections by immense standstone ravines,each forming a separate tooth of thistitanic comb. The boundary rivers of
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . k Ss^. The Pigeon )HE geology of tlie run is toofascinating a subject uponwhicli to embark in it to repeat what hasbeen said before, tliat thereare several hundred miles of precipiceand crag on Tutira. The western boundaryrunning north and south is for miles arampart of sandstone capped with native name of the block, Heru-o-Turea,the comb of Turea, most aptly describesthe look of the country side, sliced as it isinto sections by immense standstone ravines,each forming a separate tooth of thistitanic comb. The boundary rivers of the run aregorges from watershed to within two orthree hundred feet of sea level, and manyof the paddocks are almost completelybounded by cliffs and gorges. In the 22 162 BIRDS OF THE WATER crannies of their sheer sides all sorts ofinteresting plants find foothold, and whereone stratum overlaps another, limestoneover papa for instance, the superposition ismarked by a long line of greenery, some-times flax and toi, but often rangiora,fuchsi
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