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The Maori War

           JustasIwasleavingParis,IheardthattheGovernorandtheGeneralhadacceptedthesubmissionoftheTaurangatribes,andlefttheminpossessionofthree-fourthsoftheirlands.Itwasalsorumoredthattheprincipalchiefoftherebellion,WilliamThompson,wasinclinedtosurrender,buttheAustralianpapershavenotconfirmedthis,butratherthecontrary,andIshouldnotbesurprisedtofindthatatthismomentthewarisgoingonwithrenewedvigor."

           "Then,accordingtoyou,Paganel,"saidGlenarvan,"thisstruggleisstillgoingonintheprovincesofAucklandandTaranaki?"

           "Ithinkso."

           "ThisveryprovincewheretheMacquarie’Swreckhasdepositedus."

           "Exactly.WehavelandedafewmilesaboveKawhiaharbor,wheretheMaoriflagisprobablystillfloating."

           "Thenourmostprudentcoursewouldbetokeeptowardthenorth,"remarkedGlenarvan.

           "Byfarthemostprudent,"saidPaganel."TheNewZealandersareincensedagainstEuropeans,andespeciallyagainsttheEnglish.Thereforeletusavoidfallingintotheirhands."

           "WemighthavethegoodfortunetofallinwithadetachmentofEuropeantroops,"saidLadyHelena.

           "Wemay,Madam,"repliedthegeographer;"butIdonotexpectit.Detachedpartiesdonotliketogofarintothecountry,wherethesmallesttussock,thethinnestbrushwood,mayconcealanaccomplishedmarksman.Idon’tfancyweshallpickupanescortofthe40thRegiment

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