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The Otira Gorge ... forms a tract of the most enchanting scenery in the Colony, not to be equalled by anything of a similar kind I have yet seen in any part of the world.
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The speaker describes the Otira Gorge as extraordinarily beautiful. Calling it “the most enchanting scenery” expresses strong admiration, while saying it cannot be equalled means that nothing similar the speaker has seen anywhere in the world compares with it. The praise presents the gorge as exceptional not only locally, but among all comparable landscapes known to the speaker.
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