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"
By
far
the
most
prudent
,
"
said
Paganel
.
"
The
New
Zealanders
are
incensed
against
Europeans
,
and
especially
against
the
English
.
Therefore
let
us
avoid
falling
into
their
hands
.
"
"
We
might
have
the
good
fortune
to
fall
in
with
a
detachment
of
European
troops
,
"
said
Lady
Helena
.
"
We
may
,
Madam
,
"
replied
the
geographer
;
"
but
I
do
not
expect
it
.
Detached
parties
do
not
like
to
go
far
into
the
country
,
where
the
smallest
tussock
,
the
thinnest
brushwood
,
may
conceal
an
accomplished
marksman
.
I
do
n't
fancy
we
shall
pick
up
an
escort
of
the
40th
Regiment
But
there
are
mission-stations
on
this
west
coast
,
and
we
shall
be
able
to
make
them
our
halting-places
till
we
get
to
Auckland
.
"
ON
the
7th
of
February
,
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
the
signal
for
departure
was
given
by
Glenarvan
.
During
the
night
the
rain
had
ceased
.
The
sky
was
veiled
with
light
gray
clouds
,
which
moderated
the
heat
of
the
sun
,
and
allowed
the
travelers
to
venture
on
a
journey
by
day
.
Paganel
had
measured
on
the
map
a
distance
of
eighty
miles
between
Point
Kawhia
and
Auckland
;
it
was
an
eight
days
'
journey
if
they
made
ten
miles
a
day
.
But
instead
of
following
the
windings
of
the
coast
,
he
thought
it
better
to
make
for
a
point
thirty
miles
off
,
at
the
confluence
of
the
Waikato
and
the
Waipa
,
at
the
village
of
Ngarnavahia
.
The
"
overland
track
"
passes
that
point
,
and
is
rather
a
path
than
a
road
,
practicable
for
the
vehicles
which
go
almost
across
the
island
,
from
Napier
,
in
Hawke
's
Bay
,
to
Auckland
.
From
this
village
it
would
be
easy
to
reach
Drury
,
and
there
they
could
rest
in
an
excellent
hotel
,
highly
recommended
by
Dr.
Hochstetter
.
The
travelers
,
each
carrying
a
share
of
the
provisions
,
commenced
to
follow
the
shore
of
Aotea
Bay
.
From
prudential
motives
they
did
not
allow
themselves
to
straggle
,
and
by
instinct
they
kept
a
look-out
over
the
undulating
plains
to
the
eastward
,
ready
with
their
loaded
carbines
.
Paganel
,
map
in
hand
,
took
a
professional
pleasure
in
verifying
the
minutest
details
.
The
country
looked
like
an
immense
prairie
which
faded
into
distance
,
and
promised
an
easy
walk
.
But
the
travelers
were
undeceived
when
they
came
to
the
edge
of
this
verdant
plain
.
The
grass
gave
way
to
a
low
scrub
of
small
bushes
bearing
little
white
flowers
,
mixed
with
those
innumerable
tall
ferns
with
which
the
lands
of
New
Zealand
abound
.
They
had
to
cut
a
path
across
the
plain
,
through
these
woody
stems
,
and
this
was
a
matter
of
some
difficulty
,
but
at
eight
o'clock
in
the
evening
the
first
slopes
of
the
Hakarihoata
Ranges
were
turned
,
and
the
party
camped
immediately
.
After
a
fourteen
miles
'
march
,
they
might
well
think
of
resting
.
Neither
wagon
or
tent
being
available
,
they
sought
repose
beneath
some
magnificent
Norfolk
Island
pines
.
They
had
plenty
of
rugs
which
make
good
beds
.
Glenarvan
took
every
possible
precaution
for
the
night
.
His
companions
and
he
,
well
armed
,
were
to
watch
in
turns
,
two
and
two
,
till
daybreak
.
No
fires
were
lighted
.
Barriers
of
fire
are
a
potent
preservation
from
wild
beasts
,
but
New
Zealand
has
neither
tiger
,
nor
lion
,
nor
bear
,
nor
any
wild
animal
,
but
the
Maori
adequately
fills
their
place
,
and
a
fire
would
only
have
served
to
attract
this
two-footed
jaguar
.
