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From Peril to Safety

           Paganelalsohadthegoodfortunetoespy,inathicket,apairofgiganticbirds;hisinstinctasanaturalistwasawakened.Hecalledhiscompanions,andinspiteoftheirfatigue,theMajor,Robert,andhesetoffonthetrackoftheseanimals.

           Hiscuriositywasexcusable,forhehadrecognized,orthoughthehadrecognized,thesebirdsas"moas"belongingtothespeciesof"dinornis,"whichmanynaturalistsclasswiththeextinctbirds.This,ifPaganelwasright,wouldconfirmtheopinionofDr.HochstetterandothertravelersonthepresentexistenceofthewinglessgiantsofNewZealand.

           ThesemoaswhichPaganelwaschasing,thecontemporariesoftheMegatheriumandthePterodactyles,musthavebeeneighteenfeethigh.Theywerehugeostriches,timidtoo,fortheyfledwithextremerapidity.Butnoshotcouldstaytheircourse.Afterafewminutesofchase,thesefleet-footedmoasdisappearedamongthetalltrees,andthesportsmenlosttheirpowderandtheirpains.

           Thatevening,March1,Glenarvanandhiscompanions,emergingatlastfromtheimmensekauri-forest,campedatthefootofMountIkirangi,whosesummitrosefivethousandfivehundredfeetintotheair.AtthispointtheyhadtraveledahundredmilesfromMaunganamu,andtheshorewasstillthirtymilesaway.JohnMangleshadcalculatedonaccomplishingthewholejourneyintendays,buthedidnotforeseethephysicaldifficultiesofthecountry.

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