NATURE STUDY IN SOUTH.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 March 1920, Page 2

NATURE STUDY IN SOUTH.

TRTI’ BY .l"R()I*"lCSS(V)}{ JOl-lNS().\'. CULD l..\J\'l'.'>4 l\’l'.'(1l()N \'lSl'l.‘l£l). l’roi’essol' J. C. .|ollu.~:<m, whu Occupics the chuil‘ of bio‘logy :11‘ the Auckland lTlli\'ol'sily (7ullogo_, has I'o- - from an ux»lellsi’ve nafurc stu<l_\' tour in the South. 110 spc-Ilt some time srmlying_,>' .-«~awm~«1s m~:11' ?lT)un(-din. the Coast thk-n~ being \'(‘l‘)' riuh in .\'llL‘h gl'm\‘ill>:. H«‘ 2115:» \'i.<ilml >‘s<‘\\'al'T !.~']:111d. In rg'ivin;_,-‘ 1115 inlprcssioxls of tinSnllth Island 1):’. Jollnson symku \'«-.'_\' 1:-igl1I~\' 01’ TllO :1:-umnn10<latimn an té--3 H.vl'lnit:lg<‘, .\Tounl' (‘,ook. He <.*,l‘ossed the ’l‘;l>'m:ln ;,{‘la('ivr_ and did 50121-1-climbing in ideal woatlwr. The south» urn lakes, wJlicll he a'lso visited, he dm-A clared, increased in interest, both s<'onic:lHy and bi6'logicall_y. the further .~'Outh the tourist‘ tm\'cll<‘d. Ho oxpH'.~'sud (lisappoinimont that Ixothing; 1121.5 1,~(u,-11 done at Qllcellslo‘.\'llAin the xvny of provi(.ling olN:‘rl'ic liglmtillg. in View 01:’ the \\'€l‘r€X'~pO\\’€l' which could be Lltilisod in this Irvcaiiiy.

Dr Johnsoll tl-avelled to Lumsden. amt] jolll'ho_ye<l to Milford Sound. Ho <~<msidm‘(‘:.l that the ’rl‘acl{ from fhv nat.ure study point of View was most ixlt:(\l'ostillg'. Even the motor joul‘n(‘_\' frmn Lums(lml 10 Te Anzxu, although possibly monotonous from the avcwago [’()lll'i.\'i' point of \'ic\\', was most int'cl'vstixlg hot:lni<,'all_\'. Dr; Johnson cw}iocted many spo<*inl('n.~' for thn Auckland l'lli\'m'sil‘_\' College whilv 611 who tl':u'l{. I-I.e \\‘us in tho seconrl party to do fhv trip $0 ’.\filt'(>*'d_, and :11th0up;h the lrmtk \\':l.\‘ rmxgh. in his npininn this 1'o1i;:111‘:v:~:5 made thv trip nmrv ('ll- - The hospit'alit_\' extended to wwtlrists at the huts on the track was a ph\:l.~'in_; fotltllrc. but on the other h:a,n'J h(" <-<m.~‘i<lol'cd that thv atttmtion gjivuxl at .~lmn<~ 01:" the uccomnmdatiun 11011505 in the C0"hl Lalios dis‘tl'i:tt \\’:l.\' .<mne\\'haf. (-asual. The bush at .\‘hlo\\'art. Island reminded him somewhat of the hush near _Xuc]{l:lml_ To avoid the inconvenience of the x‘::i!\‘.':l_V.s'. as well as to stunly the plant

lil'u_ I’l'o‘r‘e.<.~'o;' .Tohn.<ml 1'1‘:1\'olImI as murh as possible by motor and mail-(-.n:l<:h. Ho fuuml H2O 110’tC-‘l.\‘ in the :%nmlla‘:' towns 11n..~‘:1tisf':,x0fo1'_\f. Tho t!ifli<tulf_\' of obtaining ac<'omln<=d:l’s;ion :11‘ 2111. hv rle('la,l'od, was a;:grava‘ro«l by Hw “take it or 1(‘11\’(‘ it" :11‘musp]w1'n \\'hivh p<~l'\:z«i«-:1 :1 Inn_n}>4*l' «W lhn‘ h()uso.<. R)’ \\'2l_\’ of <'onlrzl.~"r tn his .<<mlll<‘-z'n «I,\'p<*-I'ivlw.<'.~'. I’mfe.<.<or Juhl‘.<oll vi.~it¢-«I 1.211;? T\\"dikal'oxnoana‘. Ho journeyed by Inotor from N:lpil‘l‘ tn 'F':lllx';mg:l. I'hr(>ll_2'h (‘:i.~‘.bm‘m\ 111111 Opotiki. '.l':l\‘€‘=.'-

sing the fine gorges and bush country. 'l.‘lw road he zlescribml as being in parts a succession of thrills and pl‘é<'ipil()lls way to .\'l<ippm‘s, 110111‘ (Qu;w7llstown. Lake Waikarenloanu furnishml an. intorostillg con\pa:'is(nl witll its :.loknO\\‘lu(lg'o<l rival. Lake '.\l2ulapmll'i. l’l'of’ossol' .Toll-n.x‘:m ooll.<idex'ctl tho 50111110111 lake to be superior in beauty ‘\V'ith its island and Ibackground of C.‘2l’rllcdral peaks. For :1 dweller in :~nd the chzmge from the Voloanio, flistricf in the glacial phenomena of the South Tslall<‘l was most piquant.