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John
clenched
his
hands
;
he
was
racked
with
anxiety
,
and
cast
frenzied
glances
toward
this
inaccessible
shore
.
In
the
midst
of
his
perplexities
,
a
shock
was
felt
.
The
raft
stood
still
.
It
had
landed
on
a
sand-bank
,
twenty-five
fathoms
from
the
coast
.
Glenarvan
,
Robert
,
Wilson
,
and
Mulrady
,
jumped
into
the
water
.
The
raft
was
firmly
moored
to
the
nearest
rocks
.
The
ladies
were
carried
to
land
without
wetting
a
fold
of
their
dresses
,
and
soon
the
whole
party
,
with
their
arms
and
provisions
,
were
finally
landed
on
these
much
dreaded
New
Zealand
shores
.
GLENARVAN
would
have
liked
to
start
without
an
hour
's
delay
,
and
follow
the
coast
to
Auckland
.
But
since
the
morning
heavy
clouds
had
been
gathering
,
and
toward
eleven
o'clock
,
after
the
landing
was
effected
,
the
vapors
condensed
into
violent
rain
,
so
that
instead
of
starting
they
had
to
look
for
shelter
.
Wilson
was
fortunate
enough
to
discover
what
just
suited
their
wants
:
a
grotto
hollowed
out
by
the
sea
in
the
basaltic
rocks
.
Here
the
travelers
took
shelter
with
their
arms
and
provisions
.
In
the
cave
they
found
a
ready-garnered
store
of
dried
sea-weed
,
which
formed
a
convenient
couch
;
for
fire
,
they
lighted
some
wood
near
the
mouth
of
the
cavern
,
and
dried
themselves
as
well
as
they
could
.
John
hoped
that
the
duration
of
this
deluge
of
rain
would
be
in
an
inverse
ratio
to
its
violence
,
but
he
was
doomed
to
disappointment
.
Hours
passed
without
any
abatement
of
its
fury
.
Toward
noon
the
wind
freshened
,
and
increased
the
force
of
the
storm
.
The
most
patient
of
men
would
have
rebelled
at
such
an
untoward
incident
;
but
what
could
be
done
;
without
any
vehicle
,
they
could
not
brave
such
a
tempest
;
and
,
after
all
,
unless
the
natives
appeared
on
the
scene
,
a
delay
of
twelve
hours
was
not
so
much
consequence
,
as
the
journey
to
Auckland
was
only
a
matter
of
a
few
days
.
During
this
involuntary
halt
,
the
conversation
turned
on
the
incidents
of
the
New
Zealand
war
.
But
to
understand
and
appreciate
the
critical
position
into
which
these
Macquarie
passengers
were
thrown
,
something
ought
to
be
known
of
the
history
of
the
struggle
which
had
deluged
the
island
of
Ika-na-Mani
with
blood
.
Since
the
arrival
of
Abel
Tasman
in
Cook
's
Strait
,
on
the
16th
of
December
,
1642
,
though
the
New
Zealanders
had
often
been
visited
by
European
vessels
,
they
had
maintained
their
liberty
in
their
several
islands
.
No
European
power
had
thought
of
taking
possession
of
this
archipelago
,
which
commands
the
whole
Pacific
Ocean
.
The
missionaries
stationed
at
various
points
were
the
sole
channels
of
Christian
civilization
.
Some
of
them
,
especially
the
Anglicans
,
prepared
the
minds
of
the
New
Zealand
chiefs
for
submitting
to
the
English
yoke
.
It
was
cleverly
managed
,
and
these
chiefs
were
influenced
to
sign
a
letter
addressed
to
Queen
Victoria
to
ask
her
protection
.
But
the
most
clearsighted
of
them
saw
the
folly
of
this
step
;
and
one
of
them
,
after
having
affixed
his
tattoo-mark
to
the
letter
by
way
of
signature
,
uttered
these
prophetic
words
:
"
We
have
lost
our
country
!
henceforth
it
is
not
ours
;
soon
the
stranger
will
come
and
take
it
,
and
we
shall
be
his
slaves
.
"
And
so
it
was
;
on
January
29
,
1840
,
the
English
corvette
HERALD
arrived
to
claim
possession
.
From
the
year
1840
,
till
the
day
the
Duncan
left
the
Clyde
,
nothing
had
happened
here
that
Paganel
did
not
know
and
he
was
ready
to
impart
his
information
to
his
companions
.
