The Clinton Valley.

The first part or our journey after [unclear: cro] the Clinton River at Garvey's is over a [unclear: In] track throngh a pretty bit of bush. [unclear: The] flows in tolerably even course on our right, [unclear: n] its pale green waters are churned into [unclear: f] where an occasional obstruction presents [unclear: it] The walk through the beautiful bush is [unclear: par] larly enjoyable. Trees and plants not [unclear: ut] met with in more eastern parts of the [unclear: i] present themselves, and, although we [unclear: are] engaged on a steady walk not [unclear: permitt] stoppages for close examination of these; [unclear: ta] presence is none the less remarked open [unclear: an] source of pleasure to those of us whose [unclear: ta] lie in this direction. The track, [unclear: beautiful] is, with its luxuriant forest growth [unclear: and] wealth of ferns and [unclear: monies], does not [unclear: affo] full view of the great mountains which [unclear: f] the valley on either side; but we [unclear: pre] emerge into a cleared space and find we [unclear: h] reached M'Kinnon's hut, which denotes [unclear: our] mile from Garvey's—such, at any rate, [unclear: is] distance assigned to it, but, like many [unclear: an] country mile we have [unclear: traversed,] smile in a superior kind of [unclear: way] fancy we would not be far [unclear: wrong] we doubled the distance. The opening [unclear: g] us a splendid view of the mountains [unclear: on] side of us, and, confined as we are [unclear: in] narrow valley, we are able to realise their [unclear: p] height. But we have not yet gone [unclear: sufficient] far to see the bold features of the [unclear: valley] their most striking aspect, and we [unclear: again] on through the bush, until after a walk [unclear: of] three hours we reach