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The Sacred Mountain

           ButlessfortunatethanyoungGrant,hewalkedstraightintoaMaoricamp,wherehemetatall,intelligent-lookingchief,evidentlyofhigherrankthanallthewarriorsofhistribe.ThechiefspokeexcellentEnglish,andhesalutedthenew-comerbyrubbingtheendofhisnoseagainsttheendofthegeographer’snose.

           Paganelwonderedwhetherhewastoconsiderhimselfaprisonerornot.Butperceivingthathecouldnotstirwithoutthepoliteescortofthechief,hesoonmadeuphismindonthatpoint.

           Thischief,Hihi,orSunbeam,wasnotabadfellow.Paganel’sspectaclesandtelescopeseemedtogivehimagreatideaofPaganel’simportance,andhemanifestedgreatattachmenttohim,notonlybykindness,butbyastrongflaxrope,especiallyatnight.

           Thislastedforthreedays;totheinquirywhetherhewaswelltreated,hesaid"Yesandno!"withoutfurtheranswer;hewasaprisoner,andexceptthatheexpectedimmediateexecution,hisstateseemedtohimnobetterthanthatinwhichhehadlefthisunfortunatefriends.

           Onenight,however,hemanagedtobreakhisropeandescape.Hehadseenfromafartheburialofthechief,andknewthathewasburiedonthetopofMaunganamu,andhewaswellacquaintedwiththefactthatthemountainwouldbethereforetabooed.Heresolvedtotakerefugethere,beingunwillingtoleavetheregionwherehiscompanionswereindurance.

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