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notched and blooded it a good deal, and pre-tend it was done in the battle against a livingfoe ; but such things are always suspected, andheld in ridicule.

Finow having for a considerable time in-spected the fortification, praising every wherethe judgment with which it was planned, re-tired to the house which had formerly belongedto Toobo Nuha, where he passed the night.The following morning he summoned a generalmeeting of all the inhabitants ofVavaoo, whichw r as soon accomplished, as the people were allat one or other of the two fortresses. He thengave directions to all the principal men respect-ing the cultivation of the country, which thelate war had reduced to a sad state. He com-manded that every one should be as frugal aspossible in his food, that the present scarcitymight be recompensed with future abundance.He ordered his fishermen to supply him and hisehiefs with plenty of fish, that the consumptionof pork might be lessened. Having settledthese matters, he next gave orders that thelarge fortress of Felletoa should be taken down,its fencing carried away by any body whomight want it, its banks levelled with theground, and its ditches filled up; urging, ashis reason, that there was no necessity for agarrisoned place in time of peace, particularly