Manapouri Station.

Here, as elsewhere, we had the most [unclear: hos] of receptions from Mr M'Millan, tte [unclear: man] who strongly urged us not to think of [unclear: atte] ing the journey to Mauapouri Lake, his [unclear: est] of the distance being 22 miles. [unclear: A] through the well-kept garden after [unclear: after] tea gave us infinite pleasure. [unclear: Pro] nowhere in the colony does the [unclear: h] suckle grow with such Luxuriance as [unclear: it] Mauapouri and Te Antu, as we had [unclear: fr] occasion to remark, and in the [unclear: Man] homestead garden we certainly saws a [unclear: very] example of its luxuriant growth and [unclear: wea] bloom, It covers an arched gateway [unclear: and] perfect mass of flowers, forming [unclear: the] striking feature of the garden. Mr [unclear: M'] has had a great deal of difficulty to [unclear: check] blight on this horticultural feature, of [unclear: whe] is naturally proud, but by frequent [unclear: sy] he has combated the enemy and is well [unclear: r] for his trouble. Afternoon tea at [unclear: Mau] station is as enjoyable as was lunch [unclear: at] cliff, and this is enhanced by the [unclear: keen] ment of our host in some pleasant [unclear: srg] with the writer, in which the [unclear: Scotch] pawkiness of the former show him [unclear: to] tage, and give manifest pleasure to [unclear: the] pany

[unclear: Not] that we are going to cross Manapouri, for [unclear: e] decide to leave our trip on its waters until [unclear: the] sorrow. Skirting its banks for a short [unclear: ce,] we soon reach our destination, [unclear: ll,s] accommodation house, prominently [unclear: ed] in an elevated position commanding a [unclear: id] view of the noble mountains in front [unclear: to] the left. The house is not large, and [unclear: have] some little difficulty in getting accom-[unclear: ted] other vistors are in the house. But [unclear: difficulties] are finally smoothed over, and we [unclear: l] the magnificent scenery around us, and [unclear: de] to spend the afternoon in a row down [unclear: beautiful] Waiau River preparatory to the [unclear: ter] and more lasting joys of the morrow's [unclear: mer] trip up the north arm of the splendid [unclear: e] whose imposing beauty and grandeur we [unclear: e] scarcely yet realised.

It may here be useful to set down a table of [unclear: cces,] covering the route we have just [unclear: ed] and the mileage from Manapouri [unclear: e to] Te Anau Lake, Other distances conn-[unclear: ted] Te Anua and Milford Sound will [unclear: given] in another article.

These distances may be accepted as approximately correct, although it is nceedingly difficult for people even in the same district to agree to a mile or so.