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For
three
days
the
little
party
made
their
way
under
these
vast
arches
,
over
a
clayey
soil
which
the
foot
of
man
had
never
trod
.
They
knew
this
by
the
quantity
of
resinous
gum
that
lay
in
heaps
at
the
foot
of
the
trees
,
and
which
would
have
lasted
for
native
exportation
many
years
.
The
sportsmen
found
whole
coveys
of
the
kiwi
,
which
are
scarce
in
districts
frequented
by
the
Maories
;
the
native
dogs
drive
them
away
to
the
shelter
of
these
inaccessible
forests
.
They
were
an
abundant
source
of
nourishing
food
to
our
travelers
.
Paganel
also
had
the
good
fortune
to
espy
,
in
a
thicket
,
a
pair
of
gigantic
birds
;
his
instinct
as
a
naturalist
was
awakened
.
He
called
his
companions
,
and
in
spite
of
their
fatigue
,
the
Major
,
Robert
,
and
he
set
off
on
the
track
of
these
animals
.
His
curiosity
was
excusable
,
for
he
had
recognized
,
or
thought
he
had
recognized
,
these
birds
as
"
moas
"
belonging
to
the
species
of
"
dinornis
,
"
which
many
naturalists
class
with
the
extinct
birds
.
This
,
if
Paganel
was
right
,
would
confirm
the
opinion
of
Dr.
Hochstetter
and
other
travelers
on
the
present
existence
of
the
wingless
giants
of
New
Zealand
.
These
moas
which
Paganel
was
chasing
,
the
contemporaries
of
the
Megatherium
and
the
Pterodactyles
,
must
have
been
eighteen
feet
high
.
They
were
huge
ostriches
,
timid
too
,
for
they
fled
with
extreme
rapidity
.
But
no
shot
could
stay
their
course
.
After
a
few
minutes
of
chase
,
these
fleet-footed
moas
disappeared
among
the
tall
trees
,
and
the
sportsmen
lost
their
powder
and
their
pains
.
That
evening
,
March
1
,
Glenarvan
and
his
companions
,
emerging
at
last
from
the
immense
kauri-forest
,
camped
at
the
foot
of
Mount
Ikirangi
,
whose
summit
rose
five
thousand
five
hundred
feet
into
the
air
.
At
this
point
they
had
traveled
a
hundred
miles
from
Maunganamu
,
and
the
shore
was
still
thirty
miles
away
.
John
Mangles
had
calculated
on
accomplishing
the
whole
journey
in
ten
days
,
but
he
did
not
foresee
the
physical
difficulties
of
the
country
.
On
the
whole
,
owing
to
the
circuits
,
the
obstacles
,
and
the
imperfect
observations
,
the
journey
had
been
extended
by
fully
one-fifth
,
and
now
that
they
had
reached
Mount
Ikirangi
,
they
were
quite
worn
out
.
Two
long
days
of
walking
were
still
to
be
accomplished
,
during
which
time
all
their
activity
and
vigilance
would
be
required
,
for
their
way
was
through
a
district
often
frequented
by
the
natives
.
The
little
party
conquered
their
weariness
,
and
set
out
next
morning
at
daybreak
.
Between
Mount
Ikirangi
which
was
left
to
the
right
,
and
Mount
Hardy
whose
summit
rose
on
the
left
to
a
height
of
3,700
feet
,
the
journey
was
very
trying
;
for
about
ten
miles
the
bush
was
a
tangle
of
"
supple-jack
,
"
a
kind
of
flexible
rope
,
appropriately
called
"
stifling-creeper
,
"
that
caught
the
feet
at
every
step
.
For
two
days
,
they
had
to
cut
their
way
with
an
ax
through
this
thousand-headed
hydra
.
Hunting
became
impossible
,
and
the
sportsmen
failed
in
their
accustomed
tribute
.
The
provisions
were
almost
exhausted
,
and
there
was
no
means
of
renewing
them
;
their
thirst
was
increasing
by
fatigue
,
and
there
was
no
water
wherewith
to
quench
it
.
The
sufferings
of
Glenarvan
and
his
party
became
terrible
,
and
for
the
first
time
their
moral
energy
threatened
to
give
way
.
They
no
longer
walked
,
they
dragged
themselves
along
,
soulless
bodies
,
animated
only
by
the
instinct
of
self-preservation
which
survives
every
other
feeling
,
and
in
this
melancholy
plight
they
reached
Point
Lottin
on
the
shores
of
the
Pacific
.
