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But
John
,
finding
that
the
noise
was
not
repeated
,
resumed
the
ascent
of
the
narrow
path
of
the
ridge
Soon
they
perceived
the
shadowy
outline
of
the
wood
showing
faintly
through
the
darkness
.
A
few
steps
more
and
they
were
hid
from
sight
in
the
thick
foliage
of
the
trees
.
THE
night
favored
their
escape
,
and
prudence
urged
them
to
lose
no
time
in
getting
away
from
the
fatal
neighborhood
of
Lake
Taupo
.
Paganel
took
the
post
of
leader
,
and
his
wonderful
instinct
shone
out
anew
in
this
difficult
mountain
journey
.
His
nyctalopia
was
a
great
advantage
,
his
cat-like
sight
enabling
him
to
distinguish
the
smallest
object
in
the
deepest
gloom
.
For
three
hours
they
walked
on
without
halting
along
the
far-reaching
slope
of
the
eastern
side
.
Paganel
kept
a
little
to
the
southeast
,
in
order
to
make
use
of
a
narrow
passage
between
the
Kaimanawa
and
the
Wahiti
Ranges
,
through
which
the
road
from
Hawkes
'
Bay
to
Auckland
passes
.
Once
through
that
gorge
,
his
plan
was
to
keep
off
the
road
,
and
,
under
the
shelter
of
the
high
ranges
,
march
to
the
coast
across
the
inhabited
regions
of
the
province
.
At
nine
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
they
had
made
twelve
miles
in
twelve
hours
.
The
courageous
women
could
not
be
pressed
further
,
and
,
besides
,
the
locality
was
suitable
for
camping
.
The
fugitives
had
reached
the
pass
that
separates
the
two
chains
.
Paganel
,
map
in
hand
,
made
a
loop
toward
the
northeast
,
and
at
ten
o'clock
the
little
party
reached
a
sort
of
redan
,
formed
by
a
projecting
rock
.
The
provisions
were
brought
out
,
and
justice
was
done
to
their
meal
.
Mary
Grant
and
the
Major
,
who
had
not
thought
highly
of
the
edible
fern
till
then
,
now
ate
of
it
heartily
.
The
halt
lasted
till
two
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
,
then
they
resumed
their
journey
;
and
in
the
evening
they
stopped
eight
miles
from
the
mountains
,
and
required
no
persuasion
to
sleep
in
the
open
air
.
Next
day
was
one
of
serious
difficulties
.
Their
route
lay
across
this
wondrous
region
of
volcanic
lakes
,
geysers
,
and
solfataras
,
which
extended
to
the
east
of
the
Wahiti
Ranges
.
It
is
a
country
more
pleasant
for
the
eye
to
ramble
over
,
than
for
the
limbs
.
Every
quarter
of
a
mile
they
had
to
turn
aside
or
go
around
for
some
obstacle
,
and
thus
incurred
great
fatigue
;
but
what
a
strange
sight
met
their
eyes
!
What
infinite
variety
nature
lavishes
on
her
great
panoramas
!
On
this
vast
extent
of
twenty
miles
square
,
the
subterranean
forces
had
a
field
for
the
display
of
all
their
varied
effects
.
Salt
springs
,
of
singular
transparency
,
peopled
by
myriads
of
insects
,
sprang
up
from
thickets
of
tea-tree
scrub
.
They
diffused
a
powerful
odor
of
burnt
powder
,
and
scattered
on
the
ground
a
white
sediment
like
dazzling
snow
.
The
limpid
waters
were
nearly
at
boiling
point
,
while
some
neighboring
springs
spread
out
like
sheets
of
glass
.
Gigantic
tree-ferns
grew
beside
them
,
in
conditions
analogous
to
those
of
the
Silurian
vegetation
.
On
every
side
jets
of
water
rose
like
park
fountains
,
out
of
a
sea
of
vapor
;
some
of
them
continuous
,
others
intermittent
,
as
if
a
capricious
Pluto
controlled
their
movements
.
They
rose
like
an
amphitheater
on
natural
terraces
;
their
waters
gradually
flowed
together
under
folds
of
white
smoke
,
and
corroding
the
edges
of
the
semi-transparent
steps
of
this
gigantic
staircase
.
They
fed
whole
lakes
with
their
boiling
torrents
.
