HOW TO EXPLORE RIVERS.
. , v'Av At. -..'A'-l _JTM _fs.*i__ A Cs«_A.JQ.i The Banger of the Taraupki district says : — " Some years since I was ona of a party sent by the Provincial tSovernment of Taranaki to explore the country lying ca#to_l.M»fl M<pA%t»n?R^' ilto»>;---ing our journey; we crossed tha Upper Wai.araj^<fc"Wl«wed. M* rbaiksl <ni_u_F miles. What I then saw leads me to attach gr aHMpfcirtinc* to «__e*prof>er exploration of the Waitara river, from the end of the Tariki road. Below that point the river 'haa several rapids, rendering it unsafe for boating pm poses. Above, the point I indicate, I reel confident it could be made a useful highway, by which to settle large areas of l&nd abetting on the Waitara river WdjuM ?*<**•«/•: double object. It would at once de-ide ; as to the quaWityuOf &V»U*ka iamlifoi settlement along its banks, as to whither' the river could be used for, .|»/%ter. cajsriage; and it would be the means of fixing ' the exact course of the river upon the map, and perhaps lead to fhe .^iscq very, of a good railway* W* U <fcb_.*€W. Taranaki with Auckland. The exploration could be conducted easily and cheaply by using small flat-bottomed canvas; canoes, each capable of holding two men and a month's Buppl/*"Bfnpr6vt7 sions. When loaded they worildlfloht in six inches of water. They could be easily lifted over Uga or shallow places? i and cou'd be made atftgngiAfld (light, durable enough to last a season. One of the chief difficulties in exploring a bush country is the carriage of survey instruments i>nd food and tents. The using the river and canoes would ear Wef this' difficulty, as in no caisia »wO%\d i "the<-ei>( plowrs have to travel more than onfcto two days' jouriey. Sway lr*U> the. can w«7 in exploring the country each side of, thar river. Should. ,sj-ppHep/ qffl^&'fjr '% man get hurt, the means ox Ktur^kff quickly will always be open '&> thrnC With two such boats— that is with a~ surveyor and thrti* jt*eif-±if--r*tf \Vfjsk amount of useful information eould be,6btaui4d UfconoiiftsfenA.iiy, a-:-. '_. :. r.v«
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 4, 28 June 1882, Page 3
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340HOW TO EXPLORE RIVERS. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 4, 28 June 1882, Page 3
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