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whatever chief the keeper belongs to; and ifthe chief thinks the offence really outrageous,he orders the man a severe beating, which isusually done by inflicting heavy slaps with theopen hand upon his bare back, or striking himabout the head and face with the fist.

Filimoeatoo soon departed from Foa, on hisway to Hihifo, and arrived at this place withoutany accident. He was not, however, so suc-cessful in the object of his journey as he ex-pected to be ; for the chief of Hihifo was by nomeans willing to part with a bird, which, hesaid, had cost great hazard to himself, and theloss of many lives, to preserve; for he had sus-tained wars with so many other chiefs, who hadquarrelled with him on account of his refusingto give it them, that he felt, he said, more thanever resolved to keep it: but, however, as Fi-now had so strong a desire for an excellent andwell trained bird of that kind, he would makehim a present of a pair, which, although notquite so good as the one in question, yet wouldbe found exceedingly valuable. Before part-ing, however, he qualified His refusal of the rarebird by saying, that if he ever did give it away,it must be after very mature deliberation, for ithad already cost him a vast deal, and was cer-tainly the best bird that had ever been trained.He was heartily glad to hear of the death of