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On the Road to Auckland

           Fortunatelyhearingstoodtheminthesteadofsight;shortlyanearersoundofwaterindicatedthattheconfluencewasathand.Ateighto’clockthelittletrooparrivedatthepointwheretheWaipalosesitselfintheWaikato,withamoaningsoundofmeetingwaves.

           "ThereistheWaikato!"criedPaganel,"andtheroadtoAucklandisalongitsrightbank."

           "Weshallseethatto-morrow,"saidtheMajor,"Letuscamphere.Itseemstomethatthatdarkshadowisthatofalittleclumpoftreesgrownexpresslytoshelterus.Letushavesupperandthengetsomesleep."

           "Supperbyallmeans,"saidPaganel,"butnofire;nothingbutbiscuitanddriedmeat.Wehavereachedthisspotincognito,letustryandgetawayinthesamemanner.Bygoodluck,thefogisinourfavor."

           Theclumpoftreeswasreachedandallconcurredinthewishofthegeographer.Thecoldsupperwaseatenwithoutasound,andpresentlyaprofoundsleepovercamethetravelers,whoweretolerablyfatiguedwiththeirfifteenmiles’march.

           

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