There the taxes were expanded; in the out-districts, men paid their money and saw no return.

Here the eye and hand of the dictator were ready to correct the scales of justice; in the out-districts, all things lay at the mercy of the native magistrates, and their oppressions increased with the course of time and the experience of impunity.

In the spring of the year, a very intelligent observer had occasion to visit many places in the island of Savaii.

"Our lives are not worth living," was the burthen of the popular complaint.

"We are groaning under the oppression of these men.