Many persons go to Queenstown for a holiday, and after a few side trips return home; few ever penetrate that remarkable tract of country lying between Lake Wakatipu and Milford Sound. In order to see as large a portion of this region as possible in a short period of time, the writer recently organised a party to walk from Lake Wakatipu to Lake Te Anau.

It can be safely said that anyone going to Queenstown and omitting a visit to Lake Howden misses much of the finest scenery in the Southern Lakes District.

There are, at easy intervals, commodious huts along the various routes, which fact renders it unnecessary to carry a tent. (Those who desire to make an extended stay at Howden Hut may engage Mr. F. Bryant, of Glenorchy, to transport their belongings by pack horse.)