A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . ng abruptly from the plain to aheight of some 3000 feet, and culminating in Mount Sealey,8631 feet. To the north-west, the ice-hung crags of MountSefton rise to an altitude of 10,000 feet. Farther away to the right, looking as if it were sus-pended between heaven and earth, is seen an immense snow-field, which is known as Mount Cook, but which is more aptlyand poetically named by the Maoris, who bestow on it thedescriptive title Aorangi —Bright Light in the sky. We were fortunate in the day, as every crag wassilhouetted against an azure blue backg
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . ng abruptly from the plain to aheight of some 3000 feet, and culminating in Mount Sealey,8631 feet. To the north-west, the ice-hung crags of MountSefton rise to an altitude of 10,000 feet. Farther away to the right, looking as if it were sus-pended between heaven and earth, is seen an immense snow-field, which is known as Mount Cook, but which is more aptlyand poetically named by the Maoris, who bestow on it thedescriptive title Aorangi —Bright Light in the sky. We were fortunate in the day, as every crag wassilhouetted against an azure blue background. After awhile we came in sight of the Hermitage, a GovernmentAccommodation House, cosily sheltered against a woodedhill, which was our destination, having covered in almostrecord time the ninety-six miles from Fairlie. We were now in the very heart and centre of this alpineparadise. Mount Sefton towered above us, and the distantroar of avalanches thundering down its snow cornicesechoed and re-echoed among the mountains at all hours of. LOWER END, OTIRA CORGE
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