The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-11-12
p HOUGH not generally known as
a field for tourists and not
often visited by American trav-
elers, the South island of New
;al, f.

elers, the South island of New
Zealand is so rich in scenic at
fractions that it merits more attention
from those who seek the beautiful or
imposing places of the earth. More
over, it is not at all difficult of access
There is direct railway running from
Bluff to what is known as the "cold
lakes" district, a distance of about two
hundred miles. The visitor to that re-
gion usually begins his tour of the
lakes at Kingston. where a govern
ment steamer meets all trains and
conveys the traveller up Lake Waka-
tipu to the pretty town of Queenston.
distance of 25 miles, writes w. D.
Hornaday in Grit. Another steamer
plies between Queenston and the up
per head of the lake.
Good driveways skirt the shores of
this and other inland bodies of water
and running out of Queenston is
road to the summit of Ben Lomon
mountain, which has an altitude of
STAT feet Other pleasant drives may
be made to picturesque towns and vii
lagos scattered through the rugged re-
gion. Lake Wakatipu is of great
depth, soundings having been made to
1,242 feet in one place. There are
several perpetually snow-capped noun
tains in New Zealand, and on the
North island, a smoldering volcano,
which emits smoke at frequent in
tervals, affords diversity to the view.
Some of the glacial mountains are so
precipitous that they offer extraordi-
nary opportunity for the exercise of
prowess on the part of mountain
climbers. 1t is considered quite feat
to reach the summit of the highest of
these rugged peaks.
Many natural phenomena are to be
seen in both the North and South
islands, Besides the wonderful and
awe-inspiring outbursts of fire and wa
ter that greet the eye in the thermal
district of the North island there are
some remarkable caves and other
manifestations of an unseen power
in the different parts of the Domir-
ion
Not long ago new set of stalactite
caves was discovered in the Nelson
one is supreme 1t is tunnel-like in
formation, huge underground way.
beautiful in it's whiteness and the SUI
perlative decoration of deposited sill
cia. A river that loses itself is also
an attraction
Bluff Most Southern City.
Situated upon the sea-tossed shore
of the South island is the town of Bluff,
which has the distinction of being
what might be called the jumping-off
place of the southern hemisphere. Its
citizens claim that it is the most south
ern municipality in the world. Wheth-
er this claim is true or not, it is made
to appear so by the way different OBJ
jects of interest about the town are
pointed out to visitors. One is that
the railroad station there is the most
southern in the world, and that is
doubtless true. The same thing is
said of the little hotel and other pub
lie buildings. Occasionally an automo-
bile touring party visits the remote
town in order to enjoy the distinction
of having been to the most southern
point of land that a motor car is ca,
pable of being driven on regular laid
out roads.
There is an element of romance in
the very atmosphere of the COM
munity. 1t was there that several
Antarctic expeditions paid their adieus