Entrancing Land
HE truism that our own country is the one we know least is brought home to us by such speakers as J. D. McCraw, who. in a talk "Lakeland and Fiordland" from 4YA, reminded us of the existence of a large part of New Zealand which is; as yet, practically unexplored. This is the mountain and lake country in the south-west of the South Island, and Mr. McCraw’s talk dealt with its flora and fauna. In enumerating the native birds, trees, and wildflowers of this primeval region, the speaker unconsciously drew a picture which revealed a portion of our country in a new perspective. Thirtyodd varieties of alpine flowers not found elsewhere in New Zealand, insect-catch-ing plants, various wingless birds, orchids, a shrub which fools musterers by its likeness to a sheep, the ghost of the improbable takahe, and strange tales of a smallish dog-like beast seen near the deep lakes, into which it was said immediately to disappear when glimpsed -such items, in this brief description of the south-west corner of New Zealand, remind us that we live in an entrancing land whose inner secrets are far from beimg entirely revealed, even to the exploring naturalist and the alpine tramper.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 14
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203Entrancing Land New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 14
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