Excerpt from Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters; The Lake, the Land, the Legends: With a Tramp Through Tuhoe Land Lake Waikare-moana is situated not far from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, to the north-west of that great indentation named by Captain Cook Hawke Bay. The completion of the main road - in the near future - that leads from Rotorua to Gisborne 'will allow of a visit to this beautiful lake with something like ease. At the present time it must be approached from Napier as a starting-point. Small steamers cross Hawke Bay from Napier with tolerable regularity to the Wairoa River - a short trip of four hours - near the mouth of which is situated the pretty Town of Clyde. From' Clyde a ride or drive of thirty-one miles along the road leading up the W'airoa and Waikare-taheke Rivers will bring the traveller to the outlet of the lake at Onepoto. From this point a road is in process of construction northward along the shores of the lake, to Aniwa niwa, the north-east extremity of the lake, and at which point a junction will be effected with the main road from Rotorua to Gisborne. Of all the New Zealand lakes, Waikare-moana probably stands second for beauty, Mana-pouri taking the first place. It is often called the Star Lake, from the number of arms which run far away into the hills, offering a series of most beau tiful views of great variety. Everywhere the forest comes right down to the water's edge, whilst on the east side cliffs rise almost perpendicularly to close upon 2,000ft. Above its surface. The lake offers delightful places for camping on the many beaches. Its height above sea-level is 2,050ft. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.