A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . rom five hundred to one thousand feet high. We took acarriage drive over most of the city and were surprised tosee so many beautiful public buildings and fine homes withextensive lawns about them. There is a cable railway here,which carried us to the top of a very steep hill about fivehundred feet high (one car going down pulls the other up,with a little assistance from a stationary engine.) Theview from the top of this hill overlooks the city and harbor,and is grand; the harbor is large and deep. The largestvessels come alongside the dock, and the shipp
A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . rom five hundred to one thousand feet high. We took acarriage drive over most of the city and were surprised tosee so many beautiful public buildings and fine homes withextensive lawns about them. There is a cable railway here,which carried us to the top of a very steep hill about fivehundred feet high (one car going down pulls the other up,with a little assistance from a stationary engine.) Theview from the top of this hill overlooks the city and harbor,and is grand; the harbor is large and deep. The largestvessels come alongside the dock, and the shipping businessdone here is large. In fact, the traffic done by steamersaround the coast cities is much larger than one wouldexpect, probably because the harbors are good and vesselsmake good time and have been in use many years, whilethe facilities for travel by railway are comparatively new,and but few railroads are built as yet. Leaving Wellington at night, next morning we awokein Lyttleton, which is the port for Christ Church. Here 53. WAIROA GUYSER, WHAKAREWAREWA, NKW ZEAIvAND. we took passage by rail, nine miles to this city. Theweather was stormy, so that we did not see as much ofthis place as we desired. The residents claim that ChristChurch has more beautiful homes than any other city inNew Zealand. At any rate, it is a place to please thetraveler, has fine, wide streets, well paved, and does alarge commercial business; as might be inferred from itsname, this city is well supplied with churches. Thepopulation is Scotch, and the most of the churches arePresbyterian. The whole city is neat and clean, and it isa fine location for the International Exhibition which is inprogress at this time ; it is a great show, fashioned afterthe Worlds Fairs we have been having in the UnitedStates. The Exhibition is extraordinarily good for acountry so new, and a great credit to the wide-awakeenergy of New Zealand. We had one day to spend here,and could only take a birds-eye view of the gr
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