"Two have gone to Mataafa," he replied, "and one is buried right under where your horse is standing, in a basket wrapped in tapa." This was afterwards dug up, and I am told on native authority that, besides the three heads, two ears were taken.

Moors next asked the Manono man how he came to be going away.

"The man-of-war is throwing shells," said he.

"When they stopped firing out of the house, we stopped firing also; so it was as well to scatter when the shells began.

We could have killed all the white men.