Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-22

captured in the hot sands OF the
deserts. The platypus and enus are
other peculiar Australian animals
But In spite OF the many sights to
be seen in the SO called never never
land" OF Australia the rollickng boys
In blue are finding 1t difficult to see
more strange things than came TO
their notice In New Zealand. New Zea-
land is made up Of two immense is
lands and numerous small ones. The
two large islands are called the North
and South islands Auckland is on
the North island, and there the tackles
saw some OF the most magnificent as
well as the most beautiful scenery in
the world New Zealand is n combi-
nation of Switaerlands mountains.
1taly's lakes, Scotlands highlands and
Norway's fiords It's native tribes Of
daring agile Maoris are never fail
ing source of interest to travellers from
Anglo Saxon LAMBS. The Maori men
are noted FOR their activity ana pro
gressiveness, the Maori women for
their barbaric beauty
These natives have been provided by
nature with natural hot mineral and
mud baths that would he worth for
tunes II within easy reach of the af-
1ioted milliouaires of Europe and
America. These baths are formed by
hot or thermal springs. The water la
run off into wood lined holes dug in
tho ground, and these crude swimming
tanks or hathtuhs are used freely by
the natives. who are thus preserved In
a remarkably healthy condition. Like
Australia New Zealand Is great
sheep raising country, and in Auck-
land are exhibited specimens of n
peculiar kind Of parrot, called the kea,
which attacks sheep and tears out the
/ fat over their kidneys eating this and
/ leaving the animals to die lingering
deaths. No one has yet been able to
account for the strange practice of
/ these birds. They will not eat any
| other part OF the sheep but the par
/ ticular fat stated Another unusual
New Zealand inhabitant is the kiwi, or
apertyx. a bird that is both tallless and
wingless.
The sailors win he able to turn away
with disdain from folks who talk about
geysers-those, for instance. in the yell
lowstone National park Some of New
Zealand's geysers spout almost half a
mile high. In the hot water pools
around the geysers the Maors do their
laundry Work-that Is those of them
who wear more than a girdle do laun-
dry work. The best trout fishing In
the world is had In New Zealand. and
when the fish are caught they can be
cooked in the hot water in the thermal
springs or in the pools around the
geysers. The Maori natives have "all
modern improvements" They have
running hot and cold water without
paying for 1t.
The Maori natives live in large mum
bers around Rotorua, the center of the
geyser and boiling spring district and
there for the entertainment of their
visitors they perform the strange ma
tive dances. They have Joy dances
war dances and grief dances. They
term their principal dances the poi
the halti and the tangi.
Near Rotorua IL the famous volcano
OF Tarawera, where in 1886 over q
hundred natives lost their lives in al
eruption. Near the volcano is TIL,
muttering geyser Of Waimangu, the
largest geyser in the world. The spout
through which 1t shoots water, niue
and redhot stones is over 400 feet loni
and $50 feet wide.
A native boar hunt is one of tn
sights for visitors TO see, as these fe
rocious animals are very numerous 4
New Zealand.
WALTON WILLIAMS.