Church Missionary Station of Pepepe.
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Miscellanies.
THE Engraving on the other side represents the Church Missionary Station of Pepepe, occupied by Mr. B. Ashwell, on the River Waikato, New Zealand. The drawing was made by G. F. Angas, Esq., during a journey through the Waikato District. Mr. Angas in his book entitled "Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand," writes-- "A walk across the country of about two miles brought us to the Church Missionary Station of Pepepe, the residence of Mr. Ashwell. At a bend of the river, the romantic cottage of the Missionary appeared in view. It was as lovely and secluded a spot as it is possible to imagine: the little cottage, built of raupo, [a kind of flag] with its white chimneys, and its garden full of flowers-- of sweet English flowers--roses, stocks, and mignonette--was snugly perched on an elevated plateau overhanging the Waikato; and the access to it was by a small bridge thrown across a glen of tree ferns, with a stream murmuring below. The cottage, the situation, the people, and every thing around them, were picturesque."
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