SPRINGS, AND A LEGEND
"Here I am, back- from the most gorgeous holiday! One day we went to the hot springs at Okauia, where we bathed. There are two springs, one on each side of the riyer—tho 'Crystal Spring' and the 'Opal Spring.' Tho latter is the most beautiful little pool I have ever seen. Native ferns fringe the sides, and the bush rises beyond. There is a legend attached to it, too. One day (so it goes) a Maori chief kicked his foot against a stump whilo he' wa's swimming in the pool, so he ordered his wives to remove it at once. This they did; but, strange to say, the spring ceased to flow, whereupon the chief ordered that tho stump should be replaced. ■ The spring began to run again, and there tho stump stands to this day. ?'■ • > "WHITE TRAIL" (14). Taihape,
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1932, Page 16
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144SPRINGS, AND A LEGEND Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1932, Page 16
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