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NOTES ON NEW ZEALAND.
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to be met with. Far inland appeared nothing but the summits of mountains of a stupendous height, and consisting of rocks that are totally barren and naked, except when they are covered with snow."
The part of the coast just passed is greatly indented, a remarkable fact to be observed in connection with the south-west coast of nearly every country.
We continue to steer N.N.E. till we reach Hokitika. The harbour is not so fine as those already described, but the town is the most important at present on the west coast. We are now lying off the famous Gold Coast of New Zealand, con-
