A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . < f < I , f I i <-l V/j ,. Wairakei. which we reached in four hours. We had hinchat the cozy Httle hotel and started out immediatelyafterwards with a guide to view Geyser Valley. Wewalked for a mile down a most picturesque path, lined withbush on either side, to the Valley. The first thing wesaw was the Devils Chaldron, which was a deep place,seething and boiling furiousl}^ The wonderful part, to us,in this Valley is the way the dainty little ferns and greenmoss grow quite dowai to the boiling water. They seem tothrive on the hot vapor, and to g
A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . < f < I , f I i <-l V/j ,. Wairakei. which we reached in four hours. We had hinchat the cozy Httle hotel and started out immediatelyafterwards with a guide to view Geyser Valley. Wewalked for a mile down a most picturesque path, lined withbush on either side, to the Valley. The first thing wesaw was the Devils Chaldron, which was a deep place,seething and boiling furiousl}^ The wonderful part, to us,in this Valley is the way the dainty little ferns and greenmoss grow quite dowai to the boiling water. They seem tothrive on the hot vapor, and to grow even more luxuriantlythere than any spot we had seen. At all other places wherethere is any geyser activity, it is quite bare and arid looking,but in this Geyser Valley, the boiling springs are hiddenfrom view by beautiful bush until one simply comes uponthem unexpectedly. The effect is almost impossible todescribe, but it is wonderfully picturesque. The first big geyser we saw spouting was theWairakei. It plays every eleven minutes and was reallyexceedingly pretty,
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