AWAHURI. .

New Zealand Mail, Issue 994, 20 March 1891, Page 25

AWAHURI. .

Since my last notes, tha weather has been fine, and in consequence Awahuri is murky ; and at present seems to be the particular realms of Pluto ; for, favoured by a stiff soueaster, the settlers have kindled their bush, and all around, fires burst forth, until the atmosphere is filled with pungent smoke, thick as a London fog; half obscuring the sun, and changing it to dull blood-red, doubtless, in harmony with the eyes of the inhabitants. The scene by night is grand and impressive for not only earth, but heaven seems aflame and every object looks wierd and grotesque in the uncertain light it is revealed 67. Out in the open, and away from this region of smoke the ‘ Thrashers' are busy at work, and as the conical stacks disappear, bo in most instances do the long faces of the farmers, for generally the yield is above the average, and against their expectation, but little is damaged by the wet; and it is with pleasure I see' the forty to fifty bushels to the acre crops filling the sacks to the merry hum of the combine. Dear lambs ! till lately I thought that phrase, a flower of speech, a piece of- poetry; but now I realize it to be a hard fact; and the jump in a few months of from three shillings each to eight shillings makes even the brave stand still, and many a {one who would, alone, face the wild boar in its lair, is now afraid to look a sheep in the face.