LOST IN THE BUSH

West Coast Times, Issue 13767, 13 March 1906, Page 4

LOST IN THE BUSH

Three young women who took in afternoon trip to Day's Bay lust week had an • xperience that thej will not toon forget, Sijs the "Post." They started to explore he bush on the hillside, and after a long ramble foutd tbat they bad completely I st tbeir bearings. After some consider* •ion, fii ding themselves on a ridge, *h y decided to follow it, keeping to the coon ff a stream which could be seen at the bottom of tie gully. Ap, however, they had crossed tbe ridge without knowing it, this course led them farther from :htir destination. Ihe evening set in cold, and darkness began to fall; and their provis'on baskets and wraps, save a single coat, they had left behind. One of tbe party stepped over a precipice, but was fortunately caught in some dense growth below, and, wi-h no little difficulty, scrambled back to safety. A stone dropped over the verge disclosed that tbe bottom lay very far below. They then camped for the ni^ht, their rest disturbed by tbe "moreporks" and by large nocturnal tpider?, hut (till more by the cold, against which thin blouses aud skirts, afforded very inadequate protec tion. At dawn the next morning they rea r crnded the spur, and shortly after wards were overjoyed to discover their trucks of the previous day. They surprised the folk at the refreshment house by an early visit in a much dishevelled condition, ard made amends at breakfast for their 16 hours' fast. 1 hey returned to the city by the first boat and found anxieui iriends on the wharf awaiting them.