THE HOT LAKE DISTRICT: ITS EXTENT AND PECULIARITIES.-- MEDICINAL SPRINGS.--ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS.--FRED'S NARROW ESCAPE.--SCALDED TO DEATH IN A HOT POOL.--LAKE ROTOMAHANA.-- THE WHITE TERRACES: HOW THEY ARE FORMED.--THE PINK TERRACES.-- BOILING LAKES.--NATURE'S BATH-TUBS.--PETRIFIED BIRDS.--A TABOOED MOUNTAIN.--THE TABU ON DUCKS.--NATIVE DEMORALIZATION.--WAIROA.--DESTRUCTION OF THE TERRACES.-- TERRIBLE ERUPTION, WITH LOSS OR LIFE.--A VILLAGE THROWN INTO A LAKE.--TAURANGA AND THE GATE PAH.--MAORI FORTIFICATIONS.-- SHORT HISTORY OF THE MAORI WAR: ITS CAUSES AND RESULTS.--FROM TAURANGA TO NAPIER.--A PASTORAL COUNTRY.--ATTRACTIONS OF NAPIER.--OVERLAND TO WELLINGTON.--FARMING AND HERDING SCENES.--A CURIOUS ARTICLE OF COMMERCE. 222
ADVANTAGES OF WELLINGTON AS THE CAPITAL.--ITS INDUSTRIES AND PROSPERITY.--A CITY OF EARTHQUAKES.--ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS.-- THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT: HOW THE COLONY IS RULED.--THE COLONIAL PARLIAMENT.--MAORIS AS OFFICE-HOLDERS.--A WALK IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.--DIVISION OF THE ISLANDS INTO COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS.--NO CONNECTION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.--RELATIVE STRENGTH OF RELIGIOUS BODIES.--EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.--THE COLONIAL DEBT: ITS ENORMOUS FIGURES.--OVERLAND TO NEW PLYMOUTH.--ALONG THE SEA-SHORE.--MAKING IRON FROM SEA-SAND.-- RIDING THROUGH THE BUSH.--NELSON AND PICTON.--THE WAIRAU MASSACRE.--TO PORT LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH.--AN ENGLISH MODEL COLONY.--THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT.--THE "SERVANT-GIRL" QUESTION. 246
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT.--VISIT TO A SHEEP-STATION.--HOW THE SHEEP-BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED.--THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.--IRRIGATION IN NEW ZEALAND.--SHEEP LOST IN SNOW-STORMS.--THE SHEEP-RAISER'S ENEMIES.--DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY PARROTS.--THE RABBIT PEST.--HOW RABBITS ARE EXTERMINATED.--VISIT TO A WHEAT-FARM.--WHEAT STATISTICS.-- IMPROVED MACHINERY.--THE SPARROW PEST.--TROUBLESOME EXOTICS.-- WATERCRESS, DAISIES, AND SWEETBRIER.--AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.-- MOUNT COOK: FIRST ASCENT.--PERILOUS CLIMBING.--GLACIERS AND LAKES.--THE SOUTHERN ALPS.--DUNEDIN.--OTAGO GOLD-FIELDS.-- INVERCARGILL.--LAKE WAKATIPU.--MINING AT QUEENSTOWN. 268
FROM NEW ZEALAND TO AUSTRALIA.--ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY.--HOW THE CITY WAS FOUNDED.--ITS APPEARANCE TO-DAY.--THE PRINCIPAL STREETS, PARKS, AND SUBURBS.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--SHOOTING SYDNEY DUCKS.--THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.--HOW AUSTRALIA WAS COLONIZED.--LIFE AND TREATMENT OF CONVICTS IN AUSTRALIA.--THE END OF TRANSPORTATION.--POPULAR ERRORS OF INVOLUNTARY EMIGRANTS.--THE PAPER COMPASS.--TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN.-- EMANCIPISTS AND THEIR STATUS.--SYDNEY HARBOR.--STEAM LINES TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.--CIRCULAR QUAY.--DRY-DOCKS.--EXCURSIONS TO PARAMATTA AND BOTANY BAY.--HOSPITALITIES OF SYDNEY. 293