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AN
unfathomable
gulf
twenty-five
miles
long
,
and
twenty
miles
broad
was
produced
,
but
long
before
historic
times
,
by
the
falling
in
of
caverns
among
the
trachytic
lavas
of
the
center
of
the
island
.
And
these
waters
falling
from
the
surrounding
heights
have
taken
possession
of
this
vast
basin
.
The
gulf
has
become
a
lake
,
but
it
is
also
an
abyss
,
and
no
lead-line
has
yet
sounded
its
depths
.
Such
is
the
wondrous
lake
of
Taupo
,
lying
1,250
feet
above
the
level
of
the
sea
,
and
in
view
of
an
amphitheater
of
mountains
2,400
feet
high
.
On
the
west
are
rocky
peaks
of
great
size
;
on
the
north
lofty
summits
clothed
with
low
trees
;
on
the
east
a
broad
beach
with
a
road
track
,
and
covered
with
pumice
stones
,
which
shimmer
through
the
leafy
screen
of
the
bushes
;
on
the
southern
side
rise
volcanic
cones
behind
a
forest
flat
.
Such
is
the
majestic
frame
that
incloses
this
vast
sheet
of
water
whose
roaring
tempests
rival
the
cyclones
of
Ocean
.
The
whole
region
boils
like
an
immense
cauldron
hung
over
subterranean
fires
.
The
ground
vibrates
from
the
agitation
of
the
central
furnace
.
Hot
springs
filter
out
everywhere
.
The
crust
of
the
earth
cracks
in
great
rifts
like
a
cake
,
too
quickly
baked
.
About
a
quarter
of
a
mile
off
,
on
a
craggy
spur
of
the
mountain
stood
a
"
pah
,
"
or
Maori
fortress
.
The
prisoners
,
whose
feet
and
hands
were
liberated
,
were
landed
one
by
one
,
and
conducted
into
it
by
the
warriors
.
The
path
which
led
up
to
the
intrenchment
,
lay
across
fields
of
"
phormium
"
and
a
grove
of
beautiful
trees
,
the
"
kai-kateas
"
with
persistent
leaves
and
red
berries
;
"
dracaenas
australis
,
"
the
"
ti-trees
"
of
the
natives
,
whose
crown
is
a
graceful
counterpart
of
the
cabbage-palm
,
and
"
huious
,
"
which
are
used
to
give
a
black
dye
to
cloth
.
Large
doves
with
metallic
sheen
on
their
plumage
,
and
a
world
of
starlings
with
reddish
carmeles
,
flew
away
at
the
approach
of
the
natives
.
After
a
rather
circuitous
walk
,
Glenarvan
and
his
party
arrived
at
the
"
pah
.
"
The
fortress
was
defended
by
an
outer
inclosure
of
strong
palisades
,
fifteen
feet
high
;
a
second
line
of
stakes
;
then
a
fence
composed
of
osiers
,
with
loop-holes
,
inclosed
V.
IV
.
Verne
the
inner
space
,
that
is
the
plateau
of
the
"
pah
,
"
on
which
were
erected
the
Maori
buildings
,
and
about
forty
huts
arranged
symmetrically
.
When
the
captives
approached
they
were
horror-struck
at
the
sight
of
the
heads
which
adorned
the
posts
of
the
inner
circle
.
Lady
Helena
and
Mary
Grant
turned
away
their
eyes
more
with
disgust
than
with
terror
.
These
heads
were
those
of
hostile
chiefs
who
had
fallen
in
battle
,
and
whose
bodies
had
served
to
feed
the
conquerors
.
The
geographer
recognized
that
it
was
so
,
from
their
eye
sockets
being
hollow
and
deprived
of
eye-balls
.
Glenarvan
and
his
companions
had
taken
in
all
this
scene
at
a
glance
.
They
stood
near
an
empty
house
,
waiting
the
pleasure
of
the
chief
,
and
exposed
to
the
abuse
of
a
crowd
of
old
crones
.
