A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . A SPRlN(i AT WAIKAKKI ROTORUA TO WAIOURU 79 From Wairakei to Taupo Spa we followed the courseof the Waikato River, drawing up about mid-way to get aview of the Huka Falls and Rapids. At this point thewhole river forces its way through a narrow chasm betweenprecipitous rocky walls, and then falls with stupendousforce over a steep precipice. Taupo Spa establishment is quaint, and prettily situatedin a glen. A hot stream, crossed by rustic bridges,meanders through the grounds. Facing different aspectsare rows of bedrooms, each with a door opening out
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . A SPRlN(i AT WAIKAKKI ROTORUA TO WAIOURU 79 From Wairakei to Taupo Spa we followed the courseof the Waikato River, drawing up about mid-way to get aview of the Huka Falls and Rapids. At this point thewhole river forces its way through a narrow chasm betweenprecipitous rocky walls, and then falls with stupendousforce over a steep precipice. Taupo Spa establishment is quaint, and prettily situatedin a glen. A hot stream, crossed by rustic bridges,meanders through the grounds. Facing different aspectsare rows of bedrooms, each with a door opening out to thegarden. The drawing-room is as an island set in the midstof greenery, while the dining-room is a show-place of theneighbourhood, and is a valuable example of a Maori as-sembly house. The roof is supported by pillars formed ofgrotesque carved figures, with pearl-shell eyes and teeth,and the tongue usually hanging out far below the walls, to the height of five or six feet, are covered withnative matting, and the beams across the
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