(If you linger too long, the guide may become impatient; an extra shilling will cure the complaint.)
4. The palaces of nature—lakes clasping islets in their arms and wasting themselves away in kissing pebbly shores—are natural creations never to be obliterated from the feeblest mind.
5. Oh! drops of sparkling diamonds. Oh! awe-inspiring magnitudes of Alpine greatness. Oh! unsullied crowns of snow, stupendous cliffs, and gossamer-like films of poetic mist; what are ye to the general aspect of nature in New Zealand?
(The round trip will cost you about £50. The best place at which to buy your bowie-knife and general outfit will be found by reference to the newspaper. I’m not interested in the transaction, but suppose my books were examined?)
Tableau: Oh! what revelations!
THE END.
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