CHAPTER X.

WAIRAKEI.

The first view--The Geyser Valley--Curious sights--Tahuatahe --Terekirike--The Whistling Geyser--A nest of stone--Singular mud-holes--The Gas and Black Geyser--The Big Geyser--The great Wairakei--The Blue Lake--Hot mud-holes--Kiriohinekai--A valley of fumaroles--Te Karapiti Te Huka Falls--Efforts to pass under the falls--A cave--An enormous fissure--Another trial--A legend 115

EXPLORATION OF THE KING COUNTRY.