Such is the vicious circle of the traffic in weapons of war.

Another aid of a more metaphysical nature was ministered by the _Eber_ to Tamasese, in the shape of uncountable German flags.

The full history of this epidemic of bunting falls to be told in the next chapter.

But the fact has to be chronicled here, for I believe it was to these flags that we owe the visit of the _Adams_, and my next and best authentic glance into a native camp.

The _Adams_ arrived in Saluafata on the 26th.