A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . re exercisingtheir limbs by a long walk, I sat on the veranda andgazed to my hearts content on the beautiful scene be-fore me. Now all was peace and calm, and the mountains,with the precipitous Cathedral Peaks in the distance, wereclearly cut against the sun-lit sky. No chauffeur attempts to take a motor over the twelvemiles that lie between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, soin the afternoon we reverted to an ancient conveyance inthe form of a char-k-banc, and many were the literal upsand downs of the journey. But with good driving we suc-ceeded in k
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . re exercisingtheir limbs by a long walk, I sat on the veranda andgazed to my hearts content on the beautiful scene be-fore me. Now all was peace and calm, and the mountains,with the precipitous Cathedral Peaks in the distance, wereclearly cut against the sun-lit sky. No chauffeur attempts to take a motor over the twelvemiles that lie between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, soin the afternoon we reverted to an ancient conveyance inthe form of a char-k-banc, and many were the literal upsand downs of the journey. But with good driving we suc-ceeded in keeping our equilibrium. The most picturesque part of the drive was at HorseshoeBend, where the road skirts the edge of a fine bluff over-looking the Waiau River. At Te Anau, where we slept in queer little sheds in thehotel garden, we were told that the Captain of the littlesteamer plying on the lake was very punctual, and, liketime and tide, waited for no man : so at the first whistle, alittle before seven in the morning, no matter whether we.
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