A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . ori legends, life, and customs. On all sides are mineral springs in a state of ebullition,creating a vaporous atmosphere, and our olfactory organswere assailed by what in everyday language would becalled a smell of rotten eggs, which I have seen moreelegantly expressed in print as a subtle aroma ofsulphur . The Pohutu was ** playing when we arrived. Theejection was a fine column of clear water, thrown loofeet high in the air, which then descends in a glitteringmass, scattering far and wide myriad drops scintillatinglike diamonds in the sunlight. I
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . ori legends, life, and customs. On all sides are mineral springs in a state of ebullition,creating a vaporous atmosphere, and our olfactory organswere assailed by what in everyday language would becalled a smell of rotten eggs, which I have seen moreelegantly expressed in print as a subtle aroma ofsulphur . The Pohutu was ** playing when we arrived. Theejection was a fine column of clear water, thrown loofeet high in the air, which then descends in a glitteringmass, scattering far and wide myriad drops scintillatinglike diamonds in the sunlight. It is one of the bestgeysers, so we were fortunate to see it in action. The ** Prince of Wales Feathers works very con-stantly, and we sat and watched it several times. The contrasts of the scene are very striking: next toa warm opal lakelet may be a cauldron of bubbling mud,its sides coated with an oily scum—porridge-pots, as itwere, filled to overflowing with hot seething mud. Someof the springs are hidden amid green fern and manuka, Ih M^.
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