A quarter of a mile distant, on a buttress of the mountain, appeared a "pah," a Maori fortification, situated in an impregnable position. The prisoners were taken ashore, with their hands and feet free, and conducted thither by the warriors. After quite a long détour, Glenarvan and his companions reached the pah.
At noon the whole fleet of boats entered Lake Taupo.
On their arrival, the captives were terribly impressed at sight of the heads that ornamented the stakes of the second inclosure.