Southern good roads . THE GLASS ROAD Here the rocks are composed of black volcanic glass, a material so hard that, in constructing the road, it became necessary to heat the rocks with great bonfires and then pour cold water on them to break them into fragments. *^: ? _V1 -tfi . ? • .^^J •v.^ ... ^ -/ _^,->. ^ . »^^.^ ^ A STAGE COACH ON THE EDGE OF GARDINER RIVER The coaches are usually drawn by from four to six horses. Many visitors make the trip in buggies, surreys or wapons. or on hcr£ebEck. During the season of 1909, 3 ,545 persons made the trip through the park January, 1911. SOUTHER
Southern good roads . THE GLASS ROAD Here the rocks are composed of black volcanic glass, a material so hard that, in constructing the road, it became necessary to heat the rocks with great bonfires and then pour cold water on them to break them into fragments. *^: ? _V1 -tfi . ? • .^^J •v.^ ... ^ -/ _^,->. ^ . »^^.^ ^ A STAGE COACH ON THE EDGE OF GARDINER RIVER The coaches are usually drawn by from four to six horses. Many visitors make the trip in buggies, surreys or wapons. or on hcr£ebEck. During the season of 1909, 3 ,545 persons made the trip through the park January, 1911. SOUTHERX ROADS II another, tlie view of the sunmuiding country portion of the road was exceeding ditficnlt t 1build, and is dangerous to travel unless one is providedwith trusty animals. Roeky elitis tower far above onthe one side and yawning chasms open upon tlie numerous tortu;)Us windings, back and forth onthe side of the mountain, the crest of a viuk ridge isreached. The road 1hen hnds niong tliis ridge andcrosses on a big till t tin base of the iiuiin summit. Oneloop ar llic main summit, jiassing tlirough b;iidvs iiiid I11 the i:(ntheast a magnificent forested country,which fciims the headwatcis of Tower Cre
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