Excerpt from Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters; The Lake, the Land, the Legends: With a Tramp Through Tuhoe Land Of all the New Zealand lakes, Waikare-moana probably stands second for beauty, Mana-pouri taking the first place. It is often called the Star Lake, from the number of arms which run far away into the hills, offering a series of most beau tiful views of great variety. Everywhere the forest comes right down to the water's edge, whilst on the east side cliffs rise almost perpendicularly to close upon 2 ...
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Excerpt from Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters; The Lake, the Land, the Legends: With a Tramp Through Tuhoe Land Of all the New Zealand lakes, Waikare-moana probably stands second for beauty, Mana-pouri taking the first place. It is often called the Star Lake, from the number of arms which run far away into the hills, offering a series of most beau tiful views of great variety. Everywhere the forest comes right down to the water's edge, whilst on the east side cliffs rise almost perpendicularly to close upon 2,000ft. Above its surface. The lake offers delightful places for camping on the many beaches. Its height above sea-level is 2,050ft. The following account has been printed by direction of the Hon. John mckenzie, Minister of Lands, with a view of furnish ing information to tourists as to the various scenes of beauty onthe lake: and at the same time an attempt has been made to invest the different places with a human interest by preserving the old Maori history relating thereto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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