UP THE MOUNTAIN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 26, 17 September 1914, Page 6

UP THE MOUNTAIN.

NOTES ON A “ROUND TRIP.”

"HOME WITH THE'MILK."

As the sun rose in a clear sky on the morning of Monday, August 24th, the four travellers clambered down

•> steep sides of the gorge, and over aof slippery ‘rocks''in the stream bed. .1 bush gradually became more open as they descended, and was easier to walk through, the rocks, however, being rather slippery to deal with. The gorge in which the party found themselves was of great beauty, surpassing, perhaps', the Maugonui Gorge. A splendid fall was discovered, which must have been fully 30 to 40 feet high. ■' The walls of the gorge, at places straight up and down, and covered with green bush, presented a fine sight in the clear early' sunlight. \ A beautiful cascade, which looked as* if ‘'made to-Order” was encountered. Here +he stream flashes over mosscover rocks, and makes a perfect picture. 1 Thme 'are also many large, clear pools in the stream, which greatly en'.:mce the beauty of the gorge. Late” in the year, when there is more water in’ the stream,' the scenery may bo finer, but in the early morning sunlight, with the frost and sno r glittering like jewels on the rocks, with 11 the birds awakening to "another blue day” andr'wel- I 'coming it ■in with their sb '

paeans, with the towering woods abi around and below striving for a p in* the sun, the heart which bov adoration to things beautiful ado. ledged that here was “the time, the place'; and the loved one all together.” Everything seemed full of life, of silent activity—one saw not matter, blit life; and in that solemn''Stillness was felt the presence of the Infinite. It has been mentioned that in this gorge the stream would'every now and then takd a drop over a sheer face of rock. In some places, a track through the bush had been biased—presumably by some Public Works men. Had the party this track “before it was made’ 1 they would no doubt have lifted “their hnu-bt and blessed” the P.W.D: an it- was, they felt mighty, thankful,. T'-nugb this grand scenery the party, Med on, knowing that sooner- or 1 \f r the ‘MtttlgOnUi Gorge, and at last t.b" - reached the desired point at about 7. IT r .m. From there the walking was ovCi" known ground, and the Mountain, Hc”se was reached at about 8.0, when c"* - i-v;"drinking and'sleeping were indulged in. Many things had been discovered in the trip, the most notable, being t'iint the party had “bitten off more than they’could’ chew”—in one dev, anvhow. ' : ’(Tho End.)