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On the Road to Auckland

           Thegrassgavewaytoalowscrubofsmallbushesbearinglittlewhiteflowers,mixedwiththoseinnumerabletallfernswithwhichthelandsofNewZealandabound.Theyhadtocutapathacrosstheplain,throughthesewoodystems,andthiswasamatterofsomedifficulty,butateighto’clockintheeveningthefirstslopesoftheHakarihoataRangeswereturned,andthepartycampedimmediately.Afterafourteenmiles’march,theymightwellthinkofresting.

           Neitherwagonortentbeingavailable,theysoughtreposebeneathsomemagnificentNorfolkIslandpines.Theyhadplentyofrugswhichmakegoodbeds.Glenarvantookeverypossibleprecautionforthenight.Hiscompanionsandhe,wellarmed,weretowatchinturns,twoandtwo,tilldaybreak.Nofireswerelighted.Barriersoffireareapotentpreservationfromwildbeasts,butNewZealandhasneithertiger,norlion,norbear,noranywildanimal,buttheMaoriadequatelyfillstheirplace,andafirewouldonlyhaveservedtoattractthistwo-footedjaguar.

           Thenightpassedpleasantlywiththeexceptionoftheattackofthesand-flies,calledbythenatives,"ngamu,"andthevisitoftheaudaciousfamilyofrats,whoexercisedtheirteethontheprovisions.

           Nextday,onthe8thofFebruary,Paganelrosemoresanguine,andalmostreconciledtothecountry.TheMaories,whomheparticularlydreaded,hadnotyetappeared,andtheseferociouscannibalshadnotmolestedhimeveninhisdreams."Ibegintothinkthatourlittlejourneywillendfavorably.

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