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Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 77, 21 December 1901, Page 21 (Supplement)

Ocean Fiom theie to the Otna Goige is spread before him a wealth of Alpine Scenery suow and ice eveiywheie, peak upon peak, glaciei upon glaciei , roanng tonents hundreds of teet below, avalanche and waterfall and piecipices upon every hand. The Hot Mineral Spungs ot Hanmei are within a day's )ouiney of Chustehuich Heie aie good baths^and excellent accommodation Amid the Vast SOUTHERN ALPS rises MOUNT COOK, the Cloud-piercer, 12,349 feet in height Heie aie majestic glacieis, lunning down to within 2,000 feet above the level of the sea, and gieat avalanches thundeung down night and day. The marvellous colouiing, with its evei vaiying gradations ovei those mighty snow-clad peaks and slopes, piesents scene aftei scene of maivellous beauty. The "Heimitage," a hotel of 30 rooms, is built in a gieen vale within a few minutes walk of the gieat TASMAN GLACIER at the base of Mount Cook The gieat Tasman Glacier is the laigest outside of the Polar Regions. The Rieat SOUTHERN LAKES, including Wakatipu, Te Anau Manapouri, Hawea, Wanaka, and otheis, aie sunounded by snow-coveied mountains and piesent a series of pictuies unsui passed foi Beauty, Giandeur, and Magnificence. They are easy ot access, and can be thoioughly inspected by means of the steameis and steam launches. The Gigantic FIORDS AND SOUNDS of New Zealand have a world-wide reputation Laigei, more magnificent, and vvondeiful than those of Noithein Euiope, they alone warrant a \isit to this ''LAND OF LOVELINESS." The SUTHERLAND FALLS, 1,904 feet in height, the highest in the vvoild, are situated at the head ot Milford Sound, and the loute to them passes thiough a long stietch ot sceneiy of the most lemarkable and enhancing chaiactei. The extieme southern point of New Zealand, STEWART ISLAND, is a seenic spot of many attractions Indented with lovely coves and bays, covered with a wealth and beauty of vegetation it has many claims on the aitist, while its sea-nshing and health-giving shoies make it an ideal visiting place alike for the fishing enthusiast and the invalid, jjjsgg VISIT NEW ZEALAND ! You will find there Sport for the Rifle ! Sport for the Gun ! Sport for the Rod! Wild Red Deei, Fallow Deer; Featheied Game, Rainbow, Loch Leven, and Blown Trout of great size and weight Indeed, the Colony is the Angler's Paradise ! *