fortresses. He then gave directions to all the principal men respecting the cultivation of the country, which the late war had reduced to a sad state. He commanded that every one should be as frugal as possible in his food, that the present scarcity might be recompensed with future abundance. He ordered his fishermen to supply him and his chiefs with plenty of fish, that the consumption of pork might be lessened; and, having settled these matters, he next gave orders that the large fortress of Felletoa should be taken down, its fencing carried away by any body who might want it, its banks levelled with the ground, and its ditches filled up; urging, as his reason, that there was no necessity for a garrisoned place in time of peace, particularly in a spot which could be so much better employed for building an additional number of more commodious dwellings. The fortress of Neafoo, he said, might remain, for it was a place not convenient to live at, and therefore it was not worth while to take any trouble about it. These were his ostensible reasons, but his real motives were easy to be seen into. He was apprehensive that, in the event of another insurrection, his enemies might again possess themselves of this stronghold; but as to the other fortress, if he did not succeed in securing it for himself, he could easily dispossess them by destroying it with his carronades whenever he thought proper. These orders were begun immediately to be put into execution, under the inspection of the chiefs of the different districts of the island. The following day, the king gave orders to Toobo Toa to proceed back to the Hapai Islands, of which he constituted him tributary chief; the tributes * were to be sent to Vavaoo half yearly, as usual. At the same time, all the natives of Hapai, who had come to the war, were to return with their chief. On this occasion the young prince (Finow's son, Moegnagnongo) went with Toobó Toa to the Hapai islands, as he wished to look over his lands on the island of Foa; and Mr Mariner accompanied the prince, preferring his character and habits to those of his father. They arrived safe at this island after a quick passage of about nine hours. • The tribute generally consists of yams, mats, gnatoo,} dried fish, live birds, &c. and is levied upon every man's, property in proportion as he can spare. The quantity is sometimes determined by the chief of each district, though generally by the will of each individual, who will always take care to send quite as much as he can well afford, lest the superior chief should be offended with him, and deprive him of all that he has. This tribute is paid twice a year; once at the ceremony of Inachi, or offering the first fruits of the season to the gods, in or about the beginning of October; and again at some other time of the year, when the tributary chief may think proper, and is generally done when some article is in great plenty. The tribute levied at the time of the Inachi is general and absolute; that which is paid on the other occasion comes more in form of a present, but is so established by old custom,: that, if it were omitted, it would amount to little less than an act of rebellion. It may here with propriety be observed, that the practice of making presents to superior chiefs is very general and frequent. The higher class of chiefs generally make a present to the king, of hogs or yams. about once a fortnight. These chiefs, about the same time, receive presents from those below them, and these last from others, and so on, down to the common people. The principle on which all this is grounded is of course: fear, but it is termed respect (ofa). CHAPTER VIII. SHORTLY after the arrival of the prince, with Toobo Toa and Mr Mariner, at the island of Foa, there came a canoe from Vavaoo with the Tonga chief Filimóëátoo, who, it will be recollected, was a relation of Finow, and had joined his cause at Pangaimotoo, leaving the island of Tonga for that purpose, by permission of his superior, the chief of Hihifo. Filimóëátoo was now on his return to the island of Tonga, with a commission from Finow to treat with the chief of Hihifo respecting a particular bird of the species called kalai (trained for sport). This latter chief, although belonging to the island of Tonga, was never professedly Finow's enemy, otherwise than as Finow had been associated with the late Toobó Nuha, whom the chief of Hihifo mortally hated; *but as Toobó Nuha was now dead, and consequently all cause of enmity removed, Finow was in hopes he should be able to prevail upon the chief of Hihifo to make him a present of one of the first and best trained birds, of the kind in question, that ever was known, and which this chief had brought up with great care, * With the cause of this enmity, Mr Mariner is not well acquainted. he and kept in his possession, though it was the envy of every chief who had seen it. This particular bird Finow was ardently desirous of having, to practise the sport called fanna kalai, of which we shall give a description. The sportsman, armed with a bow and arrows, conceals himself within a large cage, made of a sort of wicker-work, covered over with green leaves, but not so much but what may see his game. On the top of this cage is the cock bird tied by the leg, who makes a noise and flaps his wings, as if calling other birds to come and fight him. Within is a smaller cage, in which there is the hen bird, who also makes a peculiar noise, as if in answer to the one on the outside; but be this as it may, both cock birds and hens are attracted towards the spot, and are shot by the sportsman. This sport is practised by none but the king and very great chiefs; for training and keeping these birds require great care, as well as great expense. One man is appointed to each pair of birds, and he has nothing else to do but to attend to the management of them; and, if this is not done with the utmost skill, they will not make the noise necessary to attract others. So much attention, in short, is paid to these birds, that their keepers are authorized to go and demand plantains for them, of whomsoever it may be, and howsoever scarce may be this article of food. Even if there were a famine, and the people almost starving, if a keeper sees a fine bunch of plantains, he will go and taboo it, which he does by sticking a reed in the tree, and telling the proprietor that those plantains are tabooed for the use of the birds. These keepers live well, and are in general very insolent fellows, sometimes committing very great depre dations under frivolous pretensions of procuring food for their birds. The sufferer sometimes makes a complaint to the king, or whatever chief the keeper belongs to; and if the chief thinks the offence really outrageous, he orders the man a severe beating, which is usually done by inflicting heavy slaps with the open hand upon his bare back, or striking him about the head and face with the fist. Filimóëátoo soon departed from Foa, on his way to Hihifo, and arrived at this place without any accident. He was not, however, so successful in the object of his journey as he expected to be; for the chief of Hihifo was unwilling to part with a bird, which, he said, had cost great hazard to himself, and the loss of many lives, to preserve ; for he had sustained wars with so many other chiefs, who had quarrelled with him on account of his refusing to give it them, that he felt, he said, more than ever resolved to keep it. However, as Finow had so strong a desire for an excellent and well trained bird of that kind, he would make him a present of a pair, which, although not quite so good as the one in question, would be found exceedingly valuable. Before parting, however, he qualified his refusal of the rare bird, by saying, that if he ever did give it away, it must be after very mature deliberation, for it was certainly the best bird that had ever been trained. He was heartily glad to hear of the death of Toobó Nuha, and declared that no personal enmity existed on his part towards Finow. On the contrary, he felt so great an attachment for him, that he would most willingly return with Filimóëátoo to Vavaoo, to pay a visit to Finow, but that |