A PICNIC ON THE MOUNTAIN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2915, 21 March 1891, Page 4

A PICNIC ON THE MOUNTAIN.

T.I Mi." majority '! U aKato It ■ • I ' l l ■- : 1 tv i>' is li i i n J " p'-'ii >II .ill '. j, \* -dilifiil nr. this »i '■'>.! i.f th- v.-ir, V ...i■ i■' I trip t 1 to- I •!■'. ■. Ilr lading I 'M', I■ I '■!H!!l'i II lin v niun.i',' t!." >■;:-'tJi - " I and 'valley, '.V'M wane, ,»|. W'li- 11 I; in li i-'in 1-4 fir: nil 11<! ■■ !. Many p'vtsi'i' f, jii.■:i i: • 4 bvn II"! 1 bv II ,n, o tnni in, c and Wnipi I■.■ ji'l.■ il > .-it fin' I >'(t ft' til-! , I! i',< i: :i'inl i r'liite. """r which th'' . I: ;:<!•! roa 1 pa-s.-. iSut t> mistake is t 111 i in li it «lriviii.» *•> !':•• t.m ' Ii a ■ 111- ! 1■ i' . a '■' ■ lII' J » Um!. i 1 a •!:II -»i.'> 1 - l:; '' ,;M » i in" ;i.'i<! impressive iwi'TV on nil sides i:.- .-d - -II • (11 ri C. ■ U,.i.ii114 '<• '' 'U Willi ' i iti'i ivi imn M-! •, and deep we.i i wooded valleys fi t ; i ■ A ' o rutnd >'<>111<" of I'll'"" pr-'i-.pit-!!«•> |> 'i:iN v.'ui'.M ri-1< 1 t'libn!. >.i'■ 1v f i i" ; "i I Tl;c i-.M.l rut im.v i.. in ! li i order. I- - pf v.'n"!'.' a lin 1 1 :ji took plaw some time u4Jo, Tnis j n .-jui■■ a cu!>'crt badly, the water a' ; .i- mi:, niuiiinn over the road, makim; if- .. r.'.;v ainl il us i f<>. At fV liim !>il>l. |f ' i i W.itpa I liver, w n >lie d i Utr*.;>* | -.lininv -r 1 o 11, ■IV iy f-ir i,'on:n ami ; ;:! ;!! MTV a lo' Ilia;- ■ lia ; ln*r»!;"tt t 'Ih- lia.- 1. I.i» 'in'-/ i".i"' I >ir ilarv. I, o! liami'ton. who has m i rinta :i"i fur d"l,\uo l.Odl) In',-: -V 1 I; 111• piM- til,, ija 1 1 ry ail- .-• < 111 - ■ ».r--Uy t < t'i ramp. w.'ii ;4«»" 1 »»■« ««'' v,:ii' i- .'■•!' Tii" 'tir up lifiv is . I .in. ifii!l v ti'i';-!i an.l « A-'-'-t. ami Hi'' I i. u i- always enjoyr'l '>.v 1■ 11 man | ;im<l least. Ilavi.i'4 "one tlnouya tiia I e 'I'l'inotiy generally known as "Ijoinw; i tir liillvV' u'('Ht,irt.<"l on foot to scalu tin: ; m--ii.-l pi-n's : l'ouri'! whii:.h tli ■ roul wiii-14. Tliw hill, nppetir t:o h: :nnP'.s.nl of limoHiotif, wii'.Ti'vur a slip li-n oiaMirr"■[ rltn lirn<■ it'ni'J aiiow-i on'., nml for <U'-iaaaft tt\o 1 :»a-l _ap()"ai'.H ro 1.,.'.'.' ))-TTi liP'.vn out nt* fh r i solid rojk. fn _ p!ar:f-i I.I:" s-Ift fi' porfion'i of tin' , i -I'lilway have worn ilown, leavinjr l-il)|.;sof limcstoii'; cropping up, wiii.rh iiia'<i'.-' it lmth 'liiiionlt. anil il:mt;a:'i):i-i to , tirivi' upon. Vftcr ;(\-'<iui{ the linnsst-mt! v.-f. -itrnck tlu: old track, well-known, an 1 (louhtlcss W'jll-remnmliercd liy_ old Kiij-laii settler 3, retracing our stops a ion:; ' il, at. Inst we reach-d the point from wii'.'i'e I when eyminu' from Iv the lii.sl flew of th.' '-'bt i.iai'd, 1 tiis j, tlui iiiirli—: p'iu'. au.i noin-j hi.-rt a ni i.iniric'mt: vicv- of the j whole Waikalo In in is obtained. Travellers from the Vs e~t t. u ;e 1 to step aside uuil look over w'.i it w:,.- r;."iril.'d in those days ai a land 11 nviiiL' with liiitv anil h-nr y, but a st"uily toil f.»r some 20 year, in \V aikato hen {a ( ].e!, <o far ttl. tii.i writir i. eoneemei) uoii.iicJurahlv iii'.".litie(l thoelithusi.istia ■ |-'ri>!ii la:,' ' a 'ki n:f to til-- We 3", ■ : "r.".:;;! eM ii't i.itmn'.iiii K'H'ioi, j, i; ■, jin lii,.. t:h''.l'i .< \ /noiiy ll".iii. ai'e.i well kuov.-n as u laml-mark to .saiinr-', *. in li out, ulcar mid dist.inet throiujii the tee hi/:", '.vilie.h the ai:ernuoii -e '. i. a!>v..vh iirirm's with if. TiirnoiL' 'n the f. >e,:h, w.;h i f < rue'.;, d eha-en-i and ."harp ptakc, •>eD:ns ipi;to oloSn at lianil. (.iianeins ovsr tba \Vai!;ato dolla, great changes urn nntieeablo in the laudsunpo from former times. But after all, even with tho railway running through it and other means of projrruss and eivilii'.ation, the land settled npoa. which can ho clearly dMtinj.rnUlie 1 by white and brown pitches, ii but small in proportion to the larj;e areas still lying under tho «arb of nature. Kollowitij,' the old tniek down to where it joins the new road, wo lind it almost obliterated. Waist deep in «rass, tin I the old treaohnrous limestones still jattini; out, where many a good horse en: i; i knee?, in tho vain attempt to walk upon tiioni, one cannot help thinking ot tiie old ilav.i, when people put up with had roads and other hani-shiiw, wifi'imt complaint, in hop".-' for the Fuliire. When •...•rambling down the I'Melv, M'e e'.nie to wiure a. ro-ufh fenee' j !i-1., 1 been put nero-a; it. a« t!:on_t;ii any | .•oiihial not", '.veol'v h e'' 'i' of it i - eii- :-'. ! ■.vii.iii'i 1 hii,l-: of i;iin.; rhat way. There j is ono point, howev"]-, ;n oonnec- j tio'i with tliis I'.ainli'y tin! cmnot tiil to slrike tie- attention of the j oh :er\ er : tliii i-: 1 lie luMirinnt nun* \ HI I- ii; v.'il'eil tl," IV '|' I p: ;,, 1 :I'V I'a ■ • I.f i.-.i t! i' .• land wi'i'e , i are i'. !he vale "- .t.i-f .-'op-i Cr.tlgx ki „..o -, -i T ■ . would 1" a I- „ , ,i • a "o. )ro ai laese I,i. >v In. , i.l '~:aia;' •. joie ;,!oi.'i'-it, ilii-ii ; 'al.! . r v a v.'-iSV i'oi'"Si.-. apI. . |.;| s. . 1.i",. ■: "i tiia, in iinn: til" of 11, .■ i'-'r'H v.'i 11 cehj il, !h;-se | » • ■ vvm eli .-.vi -i the I,'iOsi aei.ptieal i Md a ; -,a,'"boas,'S. iiMed by a i. 1 iiiei l'l'ueii..i iiL. witii hle.--|i.i;T loi'tiif 1 u-e of mankind. I