Just inside ' the trees "there is a house in rnius, be- i aide a very nice garden, tho position ] gi which is very pretty, and commanding au ] gx^uaive look out. This was formerly the ; feaideJs,cgpE Mr Clapcotfc, when the surro&nd- ( jng country was occupied as a sheep-run, j JTrom the hoasie # path had been cut, winding yp the side of the -hill, through the trees, buc ' now go much overrun wj«h a- secondary ' growth of faschia and mokomoko, that it ; was with difficulty I could mijee my F ay through if;. 1 trfgd the bush at various placea ; for plants, but found nothing worth carrying a,way, and- there was only" the commonest ferns. The sndergrowtb on the top cf the hill was very dense, imd this, com bined with the t-ips and branches of fallen trees, made progress very difficult; so, after working ia various directions with out. finding anything rare, I _ crossed the hill and came down on the oppo §ite side to which I went up. Tha pegt *>f the evening was spent wandeiing about in. the vain expectation of. some- con veyance turning up, by which I could" get down another sisge. In tin morning," I started iuiniediately after breakfast, and kept rip a steady slog till I leached the Waiwera Hotel. • ■'.."■".' '"■'."'-:'.'■■■. EALCLUTHA-, , %siuiioy.<3£sijnation for thenight, lying sparkl jng in jtheanji, j^ith the Clutha appearing here gnd there in §ac reaches. The view from this point is pnriyaiiesj. I f olt as if in sight of port after my week of jyandering. I had not lain a couple/of minuses -jykeg. tho rattle of wheels was heard behind, me. I started aip, and there, coming along a branch j:oa<J iow&rds me, was a buggy with one gentle jnan jo is. Getting down to the side of the ,road. and hailing the occupant, .who was no eifcer than I)r .Smith, was the work of a mo ment. I was kjndiy ajjked to jump up, and was whirled off to th\e Ferry behind the lioctor's well-known fastrtr^jting ponies, and dropped at my friend's door in a yory time. I had not been long at the Perry l^yheo Jieavy rain began to fall, Bad continued nearly' afl night, preventing any out-door 3york being .done. 