TAUPO.
This day. Ascent of Tongariro.
An ascent te the volcano of Tongariro was successfully made by Mr Man son, an American tourist, who with five guides climbed to the summit of the crater of Otiwia on Wednesday last. He describes the volcano as being an active geyser, throwing streams of boiling mud fully 500 feet high. The interior of the cone is surrounded by some thirty or more boiling springs and sulphur steam holes. The altitude on the summit of the cone is 7,650 feet. The thermometer registered six degrees below zero; and they were compelled through a snowstorm to remain crater all night, and were nearly famished with cold. This is the first pakeha whom the Ngatitamas have permitted to make the ascent of the sacred mountain. Others have attempted it, but were captured by the natives and nuded. The natives have named Manson " Tongariro," "Burning Mountain." It is in the king country, and this concession to a pakeha may be considered as a strong evidence of their good feeling, and the gradual break up of the animosity which has hitherto existed between the two races.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4048, 19 December 1881, Page 2
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188TAUPO. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4048, 19 December 1881, Page 2
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