A Singular Landscape

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 142, 11 May 1886, Page 3

A Singular Landscape

Ops* t>f the'mest remarkable and interesting views in" tie colony may be obtained from; Mount Stewart. "* The otaejcver, ./directing; Ms gaze towards the JJanawitfu Gorge, sees at Ins feet a. dark green •carpefc.-of, forest extending to 'the feat. and up- the sides of theBiiabiue, arid Tararua Ranges; No' aigns of human habitations are visible. A mist-like smoke may be occasionally ; detected', stealing its way heavenvyard' through the topsf.bf . the trees, indicating that the jha^d of man is present, but, jtfcat- '$> -iuXi-not even a clearing c^ni be seen What strikes the mind wit§ aa ijmmense; -force is the thoughtthatin that circumscribed; jspace- there lie concealed- »in tho 'bosom; -of the forest, towns and villages, farms and cheating!,'. in whioh upwards of ten thottsand inhabitants are actively .and profitably employed in sutdaing the viiderness, and following up the noble of colonisation. We are convinced that if a photographic panorama of thislandscape were taken, and forwarded to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, with a brief account attached of tae Boroughs of Palmerstpn Feildin|f, together with the outlyingdistricts of EitzHerbert, Ashurst, JCiwitea, Cheltenham, and Makino, with a= statement of populations and industyiee, a wonderful sensation would be excited. Good would also ensue to the whole district, as it wodld be the best proof in the world of the grand country lying open for B^ttlemeut in the Oroua and Manawatu Counties.