The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . nce,from the sea, to St. Thomas in the ^yest Indies (Vol. II., p. 305), but the likeness is very 11-2 THE COCXTIUES OF THE WOKLD. sujierlicial, for St. Thomas is one of the most unhealthy of tropical towns, while Wellingtonis one of the most pleasant and salubrious of those in the temperate zone of theSouth. A little windy is about the worst that can be said against the New Zealandcapital—unless, indeed, to this is added, and a trifle earth((uaky. This hard impe
The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . nce,from the sea, to St. Thomas in the ^yest Indies (Vol. II., p. 305), but the likeness is very 11-2 THE COCXTIUES OF THE WOKLD. sujierlicial, for St. Thomas is one of the most unhealthy of tropical towns, while Wellingtonis one of the most pleasant and salubrious of those in the temperate zone of theSouth. A little windy is about the worst that can be said against the New Zealandcapital—unless, indeed, to this is added, and a trifle earth((uaky. This hard impeach-ment cannot be gainsaid, for in IS 18 the city—then a very small one—was nearlydestroyed by a series of shocks, so severe that for a time it was seriously consideredwhether it would not be necessary to desert the spot, and seek out a new position for thefuture metropolis of antipodean Britain. Like all capitals the sites of which have been selectedon geographical grounds, Wellington is a good deal dependent on the presence of tlieParliament for everything which gives it life. In the vicinity of the city there are some. NEW ZEALAND BAT {Chalinolobiis iuherculatvs). pleasant spots, to which a visitor is always taken. Among these are the remains of the primevalforest, which, until a few years ago, covered all the hills in the neighbourhood of the town,the botanical gardens, the Horokiwi glen, a beautiful spot some forty miles out ofthe town, and the island of Kapiti, once the home of the famous Maori chieftainllauparaha, the instigator of the Wairau massacres, the first and only INIaori troublethe Aliddle Island ever knew, thoiigh, unhappily for the Northern one, these have beenonly too prominent incidents in its stormy history. llauparaha — in spite ofjwetical justice awarding him a different fate—after all his troubles in bond andin prison, and almost to the scaffold, lived many years in peace, and died at afuie old age. His son, of the same name, is still living,
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