CHAPTER XVI.

A Journey to the King's Country.--An Experienced "Whip."-- Volcanic Hills.--A New Zealand Forest.--A Strangely Afflicted Boy.--Lake Rotorua.--Ohinemutu.--Funeral of a Maori Chief.-- Wailing and Weeping.--Moonlight on the Lake.--Wonderland.-- Spouting Geysers and Boiling Pools.--Savage Mode of Slaughter. --Maori Houses.--Chivalry and Cannibalism.--Savage and Civilized Life 365-385