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Cannibals

           IwasthefirsttopersuadeyoutocrossAmericaandAustralia.Butherethecaseisdifferent.Irepeat,anythingisbetterthantoventureintothistreacherouscountry."

           "Anythingisbetter,inmyjudgment,"saidJohnMangles,"thanbravingcertaindestructiononastrandedvessel."

           "WhatistheresoformidableinNewZealand?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Thesavages,"saidPaganel.

           "Thesavages!"repeatedGlenarvan."Canwenotavoidthembykeepingtotheshore?Butinanycasewhathavewetofear?Surely,tworesoluteandwell-armedEuropeansneednotgiveathoughttoanattackbyahandfulofmiserablebeings."

           Paganelshookhishead."Inthiscasetherearenomiserablebeingstocontendwith.TheNewZealandersareapowerfulrace,whoarerebellingagainstEnglishrule,whofighttheinvaders,andoftenbeatthem,andwhoalwayseatthem!"

           "Cannibals!"exclaimedRobert,"cannibals?"Thentheyheardhimwhisper,"Mysister!LadyHelena."

           "Don’tfrightenyourself,myboy,"saidGlenarvan;"ourfriendPaganelexaggerates."

           "Farfromit,"rejoinedPaganel."Roberthasshownhimselfaman,andItreathimassuch,innotconcealingthetruthfromhim."

           Paganelwasright.CannibalismhasbecomeafixedfactinNewZealand,asitisintheFijisandinTorresStrait.Superstitionisnodoubtpartlytoblame,butcannibalismiscertainlyowingtothefactthattherearemomentswhengameisscarceandhungergreat.

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