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On the Road to Auckland

           Itsgracelessshapeandcomicalmotionshavealwaysattractedthenoticeoftravelers,andduringthegreatexplorationoftheAstrolabeandtheZelee,Dumontd’UrvillewasprincipallychargedbytheAcademyofSciencestobringbackaspecimenofthesesingularbirds.Butinspiteofrewardsofferedtothenatives,hecouldnotobtainasinglespecimen.

           Paganel,whowaselatedatsuchapieceofluck,tiedthetwobirdstogether,andcarriedthemalongwiththeintentionofpresentingthemtotheJardindesPlantes,inParis."PresentedbyM.JacquesPaganel."Hementallysawtheflatteringinscriptiononthehandsomestcageinthegardens.Sanguinegeographer!

           ThepartypursuedtheirwaywithoutfatiguealongthebanksoftheWaipa.Thecountrywasquitedeserted;notatraceofnatives,noranytrackthatcouldbetraytheexistenceofman.Thestreamwasfringedwithtallbushes,orglidedalongslopingbanks,sothatnothingobstructedtheviewofthelowrangeofhillswhichclosedtheeasternendofthevalley.Withtheirgrotesqueshapes,andtheiroutlineslostinadeceptivehaze,theybroughttomindgiantanimals,worthyofantediluviantimes.Theymighthavebeenaherdofenormouswhales,suddenlyturnedtostone.Thesedisruptedmassesproclaimedtheiressentiallyvolcaniccharacter.NewZealandis,infact,aformationofrecentplutonicorigin.Itsemergencefromtheseaisconstantlyincreasing.Somepointsareknowntohaverisensixfeetintwentyyears.

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