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Show AU9THAUSIAN fOflESTS. Hie V.imI.U or er ralnml Are Cot. tltiB llimA Hie Cllaanlle Trrrk. Tbo kauri Ino li nndltmtf tl a , ruli cf tho Aluttiihuiiii furv.t. ISo cllitr tno can uppruni h it lu grundcur of ro rllon or in inipp vlm N uben, na one of n i Ian, It hi.lili. t own atrttt Ikp cftountr) htlndrrda of mil liicat.Qt. l'irhni Ibo i-Ulht wlilcli I be knurl grolo prcintatiitlioo) la liimiunlnl in tlio Yihuloli'alnof inture Am tbo troiihr pizi nnnm 1 lilin lu tho roccaaca of iko fwintl la liuiroaMtl eion ngulnu !u v.111. To Hall: lKtncen Uiom inigbt) I ill in anna 111 nml durl. h. ctioul.ulii fnriu in in v ami nap, ami lmrlt.1 In u lortiinlat twilight mid eikncu that the w II lent ttnrm only lUtnrl b tho lncrot rlpplo of kiuiiJ, nnukcliauforl. Injr of aw-. illloiipon mil. the) .trctrh Into iMi-lain,-.. inamjJ'lii.piiH.iuiuu thai f'l Iowa tliry Irrogul irit) uf tbo 1 mil, llko onto colueaal loinplo ikiUuiliil to rnj.1 1 or in. luncliol) , tho luimlier hIkUi fu'l cf anuufnliiioiiotoiiyruil u a.ilf mn atlll iiw. I.iko tlio Ig)ptlin ripliinx. tiny lgiiorotbolawiof tlino, princrting tlio e.iuio tnaji-etlo calm aiilimvur)higex iromlon licfur. Ibo cataclrima whlrli bavo iiltercl tbo aholo nsrutta iif llio globe, nnl Uforo 11.0 awful llphinvala Mliick hirobit nwaychilizatluua n If tli..ylin.liiuirUtii Tbo youth of tho ol.Ict laurl crmci l throu.Icl In thu lulsn if dm vi it lint that Urn- ura wry oncknt lc IkjoiuI iloubt. They wrromero nijlluga wbru tbo rbariioliii adonioil tho lmid of Iigj t villi tiuicrlaki,blu iiiruinriiil. nf tliiir loner, and wiro atlll alight ami gracn. fill Mliell rVolomou illleil tho rait vtiih tho foino of hla Kloryi they aim d In ell tlio jirlilo of iimiurlt) Mlien lTanutlial crol tho Altai niul Homo ntcrci' on her vlcturlom career. They liao ni tliO(plrullililaw-i of all llio groat cm. I Irra of tho orl.l, and aocii thorn aef H gloom, when thu canker of decay hid mppod tin Ir c ry foundation.. lint tho lnurl Int. nuw fiUtn niain nil ilnjai It. cloalng jeon oro ftillcf dinger It linaanriirra to oo tho form. of life, long dead In tho gnat inoham of land, fado nway beforo tlio vigorous fniinaaiidlbraofanotliirorilerotthluga. At no dlit.-int ilato It nlto, llko tho Hither, Hi-ther, tho 1 Inla. tho cranio, Mill halo luieitl Into tlio luciinrilcjia ctblhion Irom ulunco it cunt'. In tlio reaenco of thls'MncrnUe giant rluo nf JIaurU I ind, tho crnmlutt rcprnwutatli o of n I rlmitiifl ugo, tho rolonl.il, a crcaturu of ) catlTdny, fielc lilo ll 1 Igm) an ho guiel in flio etilrmu lllca o.i cury alio. As though Hummed of bis own Unknots nnl jviltiful iicuucfl, ho Is tKisseatctl only with tlio iniiklon of tlotniclioii. Tlo wclrduoM fnaepiirablo from llio vcr) naturo of a knurl forest Is iutcivl. btdh) thotrilAjnliecncoof anlmil life. Uho coiitciitl dronlug of inwt Is, tho hum of tho lice, tho -lul tinging of birds, aodlatlncth oof tbo mlicl l.inli, nn no i r hoard Iwnonth tho mnbragtioits canopy l.ic li cxelntlos tho r ullant aouth. cm aim. Tlio kauri reigns tupri mo In It i on u domain. Nor U Hero (ho inch in-ch int'ng dl, i rally of ordinary lmh Dm p-ilins nu 1 tho trio firns, tho shruUc and tho iroillgal wealth cf btnntlful puraeltca wboiio liCMlli'crlng inrlcty is lnirhnlo.1 ocn In tho torrtilono. W ith tbo xoeplloii of n lit lug enrpct ofikllcnto lualknhalr, wlikli nttulusa bright of f rom llio to fix feet, nnd r.f ropes of crotiiKr finis w libit swing from trio to trio llko fairies In thu caatlo of a giant, tho foreU Is nllogcthcr luiro of undergrowth. In llio woods of remit rrov.th, however, vegetation Is inoro lujuriint Tho lon- tendrils of tho clemitis nnd rata connect trunk v, Ith trunk in garlands of uhllo nnd scarlet bloom, nnd at tliclr iuo llourUhes an Infiiuto variety of finis, whllu hero und thoro n graceful tno ft ru rum Its tlh cr lined cro'vn. It Is n curious sight to KnglUh eves to feo n group of ung knurls .finding t'Ltk, tall and croct ngalntt tbo iialo blno an 1 gold nf th. sh) nod tlio iVlitcr greens of tho liackgrotmd of tho forest 1 ilo ull tha species, hn domo lc out of oil priipoillou to Iho bright, I.ut tlieir doui i has belli aMi!in lho nxof tho lumbennnn nud tho whirr of lho ai.w mill rosound lu lho hnl an I the uirlli qtllvrrs with Ibo hhoclt l f fillllmc pa tiiarrhs Willi lim rHklenamsscif tho r.ictu Itjirirt llio K wZ ul inib r 1 ' p"ii 1 It ; his hcritu.'o nnd Ufiro nuoihir lif tj ) ears ha. o ji ikc I n a) this noHo treo will bo as vituict as tho moa. |
