WHANGAREI TO AUCKLAND
We boarded the Manaia on the following day, and I had the opportunity of viewing the coast which we had previously passed at night-time. It was a gloriously calm day. with just enough sunlight and heat to make us lazy. We passed the Whangarei Heads and long sand-covered beaches, which gleamed white between the line of brown hills and the blue sea. Occasional islands sent their tree-covered slopes down to the water’s edge, and gulls idly followed in the wake of the steamer. As I sat on the deck I was able to review the past two weeks, and I then fully realised how wonderful are the possibilities of this great northern territory. I envy the men who will make the vast fortunes which the North offers, but I pity those who are blind to the delight which comes in passing through this beautiful country.
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