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After
discussion
,
the
fugitives
resolved
to
make
for
the
Bay
of
Plenty
,
towards
the
east
.
The
region
was
unknown
,
but
apparently
desert
.
The
travelers
,
who
from
their
past
experience
,
had
learned
to
make
light
of
physical
difficulties
,
feared
nothing
but
meeting
Maories
.
At
any
cost
they
wanted
to
avoid
them
and
gain
the
east
coast
,
where
the
missionaries
had
several
stations
.
That
part
of
the
country
had
hitherto
escaped
the
horrors
of
war
,
and
the
natives
were
not
in
the
habit
of
scouring
the
country
.
As
to
the
distance
that
separated
Lake
Taupo
from
the
Bay
of
Plenty
,
they
calculated
it
about
a
hundred
miles
.
Ten
days
'
march
at
ten
miles
a
day
,
could
be
done
,
not
without
fatigue
,
but
none
of
the
party
gave
that
a
thought
.
If
they
could
only
reach
the
mission
stations
they
could
rest
there
while
waiting
for
a
favorable
opportunity
to
get
to
Auckland
,
for
that
was
the
point
they
desired
to
reach
.
This
question
settled
,
they
resumed
their
watch
of
the
native
proceedings
,
and
continued
so
doing
till
evening
fell
.
Not
a
solitary
native
remained
at
the
foot
of
the
mountain
,
and
when
darkness
set
in
over
the
Taupo
valleys
,
not
a
fire
indicated
the
presence
of
the
Maories
at
the
base
.
The
road
was
free
.
At
nine
o'clock
,
the
night
being
unusually
dark
,
Glenarvan
gave
the
order
to
start
.
His
companions
and
he
,
armed
and
equipped
at
the
expense
of
Kara-Tete
,
began
cautiously
to
descend
the
slopes
of
Maunganamu
,
John
Mangles
and
Wilson
leading
the
way
,
eyes
and
ears
on
the
alert
.
They
stopped
at
the
slightest
sound
,
they
started
at
every
passing
cloud
.
They
slid
rather
than
walked
down
the
spur
,
that
their
figures
might
be
lost
in
the
dark
mass
of
the
mountain
.
At
two
hundred
feet
below
the
summit
,
John
Mangles
and
his
sailors
reached
the
dangerous
ridge
that
had
been
so
obstinately
defended
by
the
natives
.
If
by
ill
luck
the
Maories
,
more
cunning
than
the
fugitives
,
had
only
pretended
to
retreat
;
if
they
were
not
really
duped
by
the
volcanic
phenomenon
,
this
was
the
spot
where
their
presence
would
be
betrayed
.
Glenarvan
could
not
but
shudder
,
in
spite
of
his
confidence
,
and
in
spite
of
the
jokes
of
Paganel
.
The
fate
of
the
whole
party
would
hang
in
the
balance
for
the
ten
minutes
required
to
pass
along
that
ridge
.
He
felt
the
beating
of
Lady
Helena
's
heart
,
as
she
clung
to
his
arm
.
He
had
no
thought
of
turning
back
.
Neither
had
John
.
The
young
captain
,
followed
closely
by
the
whole
party
,
and
protected
by
the
intense
darkness
,
crept
along
the
ridge
,
stopping
when
some
loose
stone
rolled
to
the
bottom
.
If
the
savages
were
still
in
the
ambush
below
,
these
unusual
sounds
might
provoke
from
both
sides
a
dangerous
fusillade
.
But
speed
was
impossible
in
their
serpent-like
progress
down
this
sloping
crest
.
When
John
Mangles
had
reached
the
lowest
point
,
he
was
scarcely
twenty-five
feet
from
the
plateau
,
where
the
natives
were
encamped
the
night
before
,
and
then
the
ridge
rose
again
pretty
steeply
toward
a
wood
for
about
a
quarter
of
a
mile
.
All
this
lower
part
was
crossed
without
molestation
,
and
they
commenced
the
ascent
in
silence
.
The
clump
of
bush
was
invisible
,
though
they
knew
it
was
there
,
and
but
for
the
possibility
of
an
ambush
,
Glenarvan
counted
on
being
safe
when
the
party
arrived
at
that
point
.
But
he
observed
that
after
this
point
,
they
were
no
longer
protected
by
the
taboo
.
The
ascending
ridge
belonged
not
to
Maunganamu
,
but
to
the
mountain
system
of
the
eastern
side
of
Lake
Taupo
,
so
that
they
had
not
only
pistol
shots
,
but
hand-to-hand
fighting
to
fear
.
For
ten
minutes
,
the
little
band
ascended
by
insensible
degrees
toward
the
higher
table-land
.
John
could
not
discern
the
dark
wood
,
but
he
knew
it
ought
to
be
within
two
hundred
feet
.
Suddenly
he
stopped
;
almost
retreated
.
He
fancied
he
heard
something
in
the
darkness
;
his
stoppage
interrupted
the
march
of
those
behind
.
He
remained
motionless
long
enough
to
alarm
his
companions
.
They
waited
with
unspeakable
anxiety
,
wondering
if
they
were
doomed
to
retrace
their
steps
,
and
return
to
the
summit
of
Maunganamu
.
