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leged against him, yet there was one at nogreat distance from him for whom so muchcould not be said. The god having conde-scended to declare this, left his priest, and thelatter arose and went away; the company thenbroke up. Know pretended to take no noticeof what the priest declared, not wishing thecircumstance to be much noticed by others.

The following day an adopted son of Knowbrought him secret intelligence that he hadheard that several men had been sent off at dif-ferent times, by Mappa Haano, to the fortressof Felletoa, to concert with the enemy on thesubject of revolt, and that this chief had the in-tention of doing what Lioofau had been un-justly accused of and imprisoned for. The kingimmediately sent for Mappa Haano, who obeyedthe summons, and came drest up in mats, withgreen leaves round his neck, (marks of humi-liation and fear) attended by a priest. Whenthey arrived opposite Know’s house they satdown before it; then the priest rose and ad-vancing nearer to Know, who was seated justwithin the eaves of the house, he again satdown before him, and stated that Mappa Haanohad requested his intermediation, to express forhim the sentiments of self-accusation withwhich he felt himself oppressed, and his ac-knowledgment of the justice of his fate, if Fi-