LAKE HAWEA.
Like a beautiful gem in a rough setting, lies the clear expanse of Lake Hawea amidst the outlying spurs of the New Zealand Alps. On three sides the mountains sweep back from the shore in curvilinear form; but on the west their bases descend precipitously into the water. From their lofty pinnacles, ever capped with dazzling snows, there descend many streamlets, which glisten like theeads of molten silver, as they glide adown the smooth rocks, or leap impetuously over scaur and precipice. Dark ribs of schist and slate seam the brown hill-sides, and patches of forest clothe the ravines. The translucent waters of the Lake, unbroken by islet or promonitory, and undimmed by shadow, ripple softly in the sunlight, inviting to dreamy repose; save when the blustering northern wind drives the ruffled waves, in long rollers on the pebbly beach, and dashes them in fury against the marginal rocks, around which they curl and toss white wreaths of spray. In either*mood—savage or still—very beautiful is Lake Hawea.— From " Wild Will Enderby."
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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1133, 16 December 1873, Page 4
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173LAKE HAWEA. Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1133, 16 December 1873, Page 4
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