Doubtless here was the defence in a poor way; but then the attack was in irons.

For the Mataafas about the pilot house could scarcely advance beyond without coming under the fire of their own men from the other side of the Fuisa; and there was not enough organisation, perhaps not enough authority, to divert or to arrest that fire.
The progress of the fight along the beach road was visible from Mulinuu, and Brandeis despatched ten boats of reinforcements.

They crossed the harbour, paused for a while beside the _Adler_--it is supposed for ammunition--and drew near the Matautu shore.

The Mataafa men lay close among the shore-side bushes, expecting their arrival; when a silly lad, in mere lightness of heart, fired a shot in the air.

My native friend, Mrs.Mary Hamilton, ran out of her house and gave the culprit a good shaking: an episode in the midst of battle as incongruous as the grazing cow.