In this humour a rally of the Tamaseses smote them, drove them out pell-mell, and tumbled them into the ravine, where many broke their heads and legs.

Again the work was taken, again lost.

Ammunition failed the belligerents; and they fought hand to hand in the contested fort with axes, clubs, and clubbed rifles.

The sustained ardour of the engagement surprised even those who were engaged; and the butcher's bill was counted extraordinary by Samoans.

On December 1st the women of either side collected the headless bodies of the dead, each easily identified by the name tattooed on his forearm.