OUR ILLUSTRATION.
. : VIEW m THEpRI GORGE,"S!:, ■ I jTho overland journey from Chriatqhui oh to the West Coast requires a ,travoller to possess strong nerves, as the country throi gh' which tho coach passes, though abounding in magnificent , scenery, Jibs.-many : dangerous rivers, passes, and mountainous:ranges to be' got .oyer., One of these ; passes, in Hearng! jOtira, is here depicted; the road bein|;a' mere shelf scooped out of the mountain ti 10, and zigzagging, on the bank of a prccipici in a most manner. . The •. nori es,' from long travel over this road in iW, mostkuowing fashion, andJn hearing, shirp I '' turns the, leader will run seemingly full ,ilt at the wall, coming round with ajswihf as' their, almost ;Bcj:ape :! the; rock, t ad' founding on at -aspeed, almost inoredille, Paten's Pass occupios an hour for !; the eoi oh to ascend, but the downward'journey is »•' complishediii ten minutes. . v.:';;- 1
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1014, 4 March 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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148OUR ILLUSTRATION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1014, 4 March 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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