THE BEES VALLEY.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3222, 9 January 1917, Page 5

THE BEES VALLEY.

A VISIT TO LENNOX FALLS.

[By E.A.P.I *There are many delightful excursions which visitors to Pai adi-e may indulgo in—riding, driving, walking or climbing—but none. |>erhaps, La so enchanting as the ride to Lenox Kalis, (Rees Valley), a distance of some eighteen miles from Parad •♦.• il >u*.\ that' delightful, old-world hostelry. Luncheon packed and horse- saddled and all agog with zest for fre-h scenes of beauty—that insatiable thirst when much wants more—we comnie.;•--d ■•■ur journey at about 10 a.m. one gluteus December day. It was a perfect day of sunshine with those intensely blue skies that are perhaps nowhere -*o • blue as in the Lake District of Southland. The route begins aloii-- ihe weli-kiiowu Glenorchy road, tinuugh the incomparable bitch forest, which reaches to the very brink of Diamond Lake. What de.ightfui thoughts the-e names conjure up! One wishes to >tay and pay tribute to each *pot mentioned, but L-enuox Fails are our destination and there are eighteeu miles to cover so we must away. Fording the Earns iaw Greek and taking a 'short cut' through the splendidly-wooded property of Mr C. Haines, we soon arrive at the first stream of the ltees River, our second ford, but by no means the last, for numberless streams of the Rees, varying in depth and width, must bo forded and re-forded as one journey* up the Bees Valley. Such a wide vaike-y it is, too, with distance enough to appreciate the heights around. A ring of snowy mountains seems to encircle it, the Earnslaw range in ad its majesty towering over ad. Soon we enter by a buggy track auother birch forest. Wilder and of smaller aiauire are these trees than those in the Paradise Forest Here the elements have wrought more damage, uprooting many of taese woodland monareus, the moos-covcei ug» but adding to the charm. Now the track ascends, uow descends with many a sharp turn, one iu particular being like two sides of a triangle with the bush falling sharpiy away about a hundred feet on one side and rising high on the other. A buggy road this is termed, but only with the reims in the hands of our inimitable guide, Sir Jack Aitkeii, would one thoroughly

enjoy driving here. Hw intimate knowledge of the ouiut.y, ever at the tourist"* id truly invaluable; his care and control of his beasts, bis exce.ient horsemanship are real asbtns to visitors to the rugged wonderland at the Jiead of Lake \n a«catipu. To return t» ■-i ■ trip through the birches between whkjn lie e is of tea a glimpse of the Keea flowing a ni.> aloug, we come to' the end of the buggy track from where tho-e who have driven imustt coutiuue the jouruev on horseback. Comiog out uwo the open country again and riding over .the rouah bed of Stony CteeK and thence an enjoyable cauter over Uat country to the muterer'a hut, we lunched, having covereJ e.evea of the eighteen mLes. Often in the spongy turf was seeu the track of deer, but on this occasion the deer themselves were invisible . Here we> found ourselves about the middle of- the Kees Valley, with an uninterrupted view of the summit of Mount Earoslaw. that peak which one must climb Mount Alfred to view from the Paradise Valley. From the hut, too, we can see the Earoslaw glacier in ail Uf dazzling spiendour under the summer sun. thir guide teli* us tnere ha.» rarely beeu so little snow on Mt. Earns!**, yet it appears quite enveloped in its soft wuiie mantle. Soon w*» all mourned and on our way again) our goal be.a-' i.. view just beneath the summit of Mount

Earnslaw. Sucii is the decept.on <>. distance that the s;ot Ludiea.ed lo.jks but two uiLes away instead of seven. But it is easy traveling on this llat surface and with due*re„'ard to marshy syots we move quickly along, being rested after our brief spell for lunch.

Surely that is a gleam of silver in the sombre bush on the mountain side? True enough our guide verifies the remark that thl- Ls our first sight of the Lennox Falts. We pre** forward, furl of interest winch is but increased by what looks Tltctmist issuing from tue F.t.l-, out what is realty .-pray turow n out quite twenty feet. Next, we hear ihe roar of falling wa;er and soon we have made the last ford of the ii.ee.-j and are covering at a galop tue loot halfmile. And now a.l 1a -1 liL-uiuunliny and continuing on fojt tiirou-ri; tne

luxurient vegetation at ti:e foot oi the Fails we climbed to a point of vantage. Oh! tut wonder of that glistening cascade falling from -some 300 feet up the mountain .»;le! Tin. 1 journey was not in vaui . To feel mat refreshing .spray, to wander through that lovely growth and soek botanic treasures made oue forget time altogether. Here we found the First mountain lily in its exquisite bloom ; eidelweis&, alphi::e straw, e.ry, fu h-ia, lovely marsrueri'e* and dainty immortelles are other memories of our •!•• lightful pilgrimage to Lennox Fail.CUKE FOR .STOMACH DISORDERS. Disorders of the stomach may he avoided by the use of Chamberlain's Tablet.* for the stomach and iiver. Many very remarkable cure* ha\ • been etlected by the-e tab.et.v boa by L. Hotop, cnemist. •A pub.i; school Luspe lor meet- wi;h many peculiar and huniorou> bv ide-ji; >, and an inspector at aocnool not far from Napier reia;e< one iittie incident which happened to him (<ays the 'Telegraph. The day pe\:ou< l<> hiinspection he was aou'tel bvaMiiaii lioy who did not recognise hi*n a.- the inspector, with the requo-t for * match, and on being refined tiie buy replied: "Gain, wowser, wowser!" The fecling» Of this -niie small hoy may bi' better imagined than -10---:: i• -1 uhen next mornin? he found that hi- in--s[>ector and the man whom lie had called "wow<*er" wore one and the same person.