Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :A delicious bush-track we traversed in pursuit of surveyors' pegs, where the horses sank ... over their fetlocks and the marks of where the River Ruamahanga in floods had been, were on the trees about level with our heads on horseback and the track was then about 15 feet above the then level of the river ... [1867]

Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :A delicious bush-track we traversed in pursuit of surveyors' pegs, where the horses sank ... over their fetlocks and the marks of where the River Ruamahanga in floods had been, were on the trees about level with our heads on horseback and the track was then about 15 feet above the then level of the river ... [1867]
Date
1867
Reference
E-370-009-2
Description

Three men on horseback, including the artist and probably Mr Valentine Smith and a surveyor, on a bush track, viewing signs of earlier floods above their heads. The track is formed from cleared bush, with tree stumps at their feet.

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Ink, 120 x 205 mm

Additional description

Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0457

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Part of
Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867 / Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867
Format
1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Ink, 120 x 205 mm
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