_November-December_ 1888 For Becker I have not been able to conceal my distaste, for he seems to me both false and foolish.

But of his successor, the unfortunately famous Dr.Knappe, we may think as of a good enough fellow driven distraught.

Fond of Samoa and the Samoans, he thought to bring peace and enjoy popularity among the islanders; of a genial, amiable, and sanguine temper, he made no doubt but he could repair the breach with the English consul.

Hope told a flattering tale.

He awoke to find himself exchanging defiances with de Coetlogon, beaten in the field by Mataafa, surrounded on the spot by general exasperation, and disowned from home by his own government.