OVER THE RIMUTAKAS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 221, 14 June 1930, Page 26

OVER THE RIMUTAKAS

“This time I am going to tell you about a day when we went for a walk a little... way over the Rlmutakas. Going over we caught a glimpse, now and again, of hills With snow on the top, and as the golden rays of the sun glittered on the white snow they made it look like real pearls. The abutting rocks, which were covered with moss, looked just like a garden with beautiful little native ferns and shrubs growing between them.

“The great towering trees which stood high above us on steep banks and in valleys far below us looked very pretty as the clematis climbed up their trunks • and among the green-leaved branches.

“Now and then a tui could be seen sucking honey from flowers which grew on native trees, while the little native birds, whose beautiful colours glittered In the sun, flitted from tree to tree, filling the air with their sweet notes, as if they were looking for s. nice home In which to build a nest to lay their eggs in. Sheep grazed <m the side's' of hills or in paddocks. Sometimes a baby lamb who had lost its mother would waken the silence with a loud ba-a-a-a, and the mother would answer its call. Cows drank out of creeks or rivers which looked lovely arid cool as the water went rippling over the stones?’— From “Fairy Nightlight?’ Featherston.