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Introduction to the Cannibals

           Fromthependantlobeofhisearshungearringsofgreenjade,androundhisneckaquiveringnecklaceof"pounamous,"akindofjadestonesacredamongtheNewZealanders.AthissidelayanEnglishrifle,anda"patou-patou,"akindoftwo-headedaxofanemeraldcolor,andeighteenincheslong.Besidehimsatninearmedwarriorsofinferiorrank,ferocious-lookingfellows,someofthemsufferingfromrecentwounds.Theysatquitemotionless,wrappedintheirflaxmantles.Threesavage-lookingdogslayattheirfeet.Theeightrowersintheprowseemedtobeservantsorslavesofthechief.Theyrowedvigorously,andpropelledtheboatagainstthenotveryrapidcurrentoftheWaikato,withextraordinaryvelocity.

           Inthecenterofthislongcanoe,withtheirfeettiedtogether,sattenEuropeanprisonerscloselypackedtogether.

           ItwasGlenarvanandLadyHelena,MaryGrant,Robert,Paganel,theMajor,JohnMangles,thesteward,andthetwosailors.

           Thenightbefore,thelittlebandhadunwittingly,owingtothemist,encampedinthemidstofanumerouspartyofnatives.Towardthemiddleofthenighttheyweresurprisedintheirsleep,weremadeprisoners,andcarriedonboardthecanoe.Theyhadnotbeenill-treated,sofar,butallattemptsatresistancehadbeenvain.Theirarmsandammunitionwereinthehandsofthesavages,andtheywouldsoonhavebeentargetsfortheirownballs.

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