Through south Westland, a journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring, New Zealand . tired and stuffy, and the hotelgardens had lost their freshness, and Pembrokeseemed altogether too towny for our liking. Great was the interest excited by our arrival,and all dinner-time we had to answer a fire ofquestions from less-adventurous tourists, whohad got no further than the lake. We were gladto escape, and wander out in the moonlight alongits shores. I thought with regret how the whitemoonbeams were lying across our lonely valley,left now to the rabbits and the cows. . Theblack falcon will perch unmoles
Through south Westland, a journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring, New Zealand . tired and stuffy, and the hotelgardens had lost their freshness, and Pembrokeseemed altogether too towny for our liking. Great was the interest excited by our arrival,and all dinner-time we had to answer a fire ofquestions from less-adventurous tourists, whohad got no further than the lake. We were gladto escape, and wander out in the moonlight alongits shores. I thought with regret how the whitemoonbeams were lying across our lonely valley,left now to the rabbits and the cows. . Theblack falcon will perch unmolested on the treebefore the door; the ducks wont need to gothrough their pantomime for our benefit; no one 214 THROUGH SOUTH WESTLAND. will stand looking at the hurrying river, and inthe blue and silver morning listen to its , untrodden ways and silent mountains,we come no more; like Okuru and its placidlagoon, you are laid by for ever in the inner roomof memories ... for us it is enough tohave seen the great Silver Cone against theblue ... we come no APPENDIX. THE CLIMBING OF THE SILVER CONE,ASPIRING RANGE. The second season after I was there, the centralpeak, by many believed to be unclimbable, wasconquered by Captain Head, , with NewZealand guides. The year before it had beenattempted by an experienced climber, Dr. Teichel-mann of Hokitika, who brought back a uniqueseries of photographs. His attempt was madefrom the west, where so many days were lost incutting a track through heavy bush country, thatfor lack of time the central peak had to be aban-doned. Much of the range was, however, exploredby him in company with Alex. Graham of theWaiho gorge. This young guide, with Mr. of the New Zealand Geological Survey,discovered the route by which Captain Headmade the ascent of the highest peak, 9,975 feet. I append some extracts from a letter I receivedfrom him, giving a graphic account of the climb: Our first attempt was made up the east branch,b
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