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Introduction to the Cannibals

           HeconcludedthatsomeMaorichiefshadfallenintothehandsoftheEnglish,andthatthenativeswouldtrytogetthemexchanged.Sotheyhadachanceofsalvation,andthecasewasnotquitesodesperate.

           Thecanoewasspeedingrapidlyuptheriver.Paganel,whoseexcitabletemperamentalwaysreboundedfromoneextremetotheother,hadquiteregainedhisspirits.HeconsoledhimselfthatthenativesweresavingthemthetroubleofthejourneytotheEnglishoutposts,andthatwassomuchgain.SohetookitquitequietlyandfollowedonthemapthecourseoftheWaikatoacrosstheplainsandvalleysoftheprovince.LadyHelenaandMaryGrant,concealingtheiralarm,conversedinalowvoicewithGlenarvan,andthekeenestphysiognomistswouldhavefailedtoseeanyanxietyintheirfaces.

           TheWaikatoisthenationalriverinNewZealand.ItistotheMaorieswhattheRhineistotheGermans,andtheDanubetotheSlavs.Initscourseof200milesitwatersthefinestlandsoftheNorthIsland,fromtheprovinceofWellingtontotheprovinceofAuckland.Itgaveitsnametoallthoseindomitabletribesoftheriverdistrict,whichroseenmasseagainsttheinvaders.

           Thewatersofthisriverarestillalmoststrangerstoanycraftbutthenativecanoe.Themostaudacioustouristwillscarcelyventuretoinvadethesesacredshores;infact,theUpperWaikatoissealedagainstprofaneEuropeans.

           Paganelwasawareofthefeelingsofvenerationwithwhichthenativesregardthisgreatarterialstream

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