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On the Road to Auckland

           ThiseveningweshallreachtheconfluenceoftheWaipaandWaikato,andafterthatthereisnotmuchchanceofmeetingnativesonthewaytoAuckland."

           "Howfarisitnow,"saidGlenarvan,"totheconfluenceoftheWaipaandWaikato?"

           "Fifteenmiles;justaboutwhatwedidyesterday."

           "Butweshallbeterriblydelayedifthisinterminablescrubcontinuestoobstructourpath."

           "No,"saidPaganel,"weshallfollowthebanksoftheWaipa,andthenweshallhavenoobstacle,butonthecontrary,averyeasyroad."

           "Well,then,"saidGlenarvan,seeingtheladiesready,"letusmakeastart."

           Duringtheearlypartoftheday,thethickbrushwoodseriouslyimpededtheirprogress.Neitherwagonnorhorsescouldhavepassedwheretravelerspassed,sothattheirAustralianvehiclewasbutslightlyregretted.Untilpracticablewagonroadsarecutthroughtheseforestsofscrub,NewZealandwillonlybeaccessibletofootpassengers.Theferns,whosenameislegion,concurwiththeMaoriesinkeepingstrangersoffthelands.

           ThelittlepartyovercamemanyobstaclesincrossingtheplainsinwhichtheHakarihoataRangesrise.ButbeforenoontheyreachedthebanksoftheWaipa,andfollowedthenorthwardcourseoftheriver.

           TheMajorandRobert,withoutleavingtheircompanions,shotsomesnipeandpartridgeunderthelowshrubsoftheplain.Olbinett,tosavetime,pluckedthebirdsashewentalong.

           PaganelwaslessabsorbedbytheculinaryimportanceofthegamethanbythedesireofobtainingsomebirdpeculiartoNewZealand.

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