WAR IN SAMOA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11397, 14 April 1899, Page 6

WAR IN SAMOA.

CORONATION OF TANU.

TRAINING THE FKIENDLIES,

i»UJMITI YE EXPEDITTONS,

(FitOH Ouit Special Commissioner.)

[Telegraphed from Auckland.]

AIIA, April 5.

On Tuesday, 21st Starch, in response to an invitation from Captain Siurdee, 1 went on one of the punitive expeditions' in the Porpoise. Tho friendly red caps came on board

soon after breakfast, and made a great jabbering. Their guns and ammunition were

e.viinined. What a motley crowd they looked as they came up over the side and filed along the lower deck, and what a strange aggregation of military accoutrements they possessed. Theii guns might have come direct from some military museum. A modem Winchester alternated with rusty old Snidcrs, that looked as if they had been buried in the ground for 'months and just dug up again. And the men themselves! They seemed as varied in their costume and character as they were in their armament. Hero was nn old, wizened warrior, a study in blue mid bronze; then a young buck strutted beturbaned willi gorgeous antimacassar of scarlet and green, and scimty faded 'lavalava that showed the tattooing of his thighs and loins; and yonder was a very prince of soldiers, bareheaded and barefooted, it is true, but wearing a braided blue coat that at one time belonged to some American petty officer or bandsman. Cartridge belts and cartouche boxes .there were of all sorts, and where they were wanting, a child's leather school bag or a lady's reliculc supplied their places, for the Samonn has no pockets. Tamaseso had come aboard .with these friendlies, and his.frank face beamed as he gave a cordial greeting. He certainly looks a general, might even have been King, and as lie harangued his soldiers' ho seemed <i greater man than tho pampered Malaafa, seeking solace from French priests and German consuls, and all the time skulking in the bush about as far away from tho fighting as he can get.

" Understand, now, you, are going to fight for your country, and thf settlement of good

Government," said Tamasese, addressing his men in theii own beautiful language. "Up

to this time these white people have . been

doing it all.foi you. Now it is your turn to do something. Go in; never mind what happens. Bo brave. Do not be afraid to get killed. If you are killed, good will come

out. of it, for in- the time to como, even if you are not here, your sons and daughters will profit by what you nov, do.'-' Then we steamed out through the jaws of the roef, opened our sealed orders, and found we were bound eastwards to Falipa. Old Foe, in a bright scarlet turban and dingy lavalava, came up and spoke to me. He had been one of the advance, guard at Mulinuu, and there I had met and'photographed him, so he remembered me. A Samoan always remembers, you if you photograph him. Foe has had a varied experience. He Han been gumdigging in northern New Zealand, pearl fishing in Torres Strait, and generally knocking about the Southern Seas and islands for the lait 20 years. He is thus a man of some experience, and he talks English. Young Tanu, spick and span in white lavalava and white silk sliirt and tie, was also on dock, and received the homage due to a king aB several of his vassals approached him with due humbleness, and kissed his royal hand. We steamed on past Saluafnta, • where the Germans claim a harbour, past Lufilufe, where Tamasese's father's grave is, and presently the palms of one of the German plantations could bo seen fringing • the shore, beyond which the bold, steeply curving hills rose in sharp volcanic peaks and pinnacles about the harbour of Falipa. It is the scenery of the .western sounds of New Zealand, only on a smaller scale, and except that there is no bare rock. The dense forest climbed to the mountain tops. As we turned for the harbour we could see that tho reef'ran put to starboard, while to port there was no reef, and the waves dashed in foam against a bold volcanic bluff. We felt our way in, halfspeed ahead, .then dead slow, and.one relished tho responsibility1 and excitement of taking a ship1 inshore in those 'waters, where you never know the moment you may strike on some hidden or uncharted rock; The chart showed nine and ten fathoms close in, and we dropped anchor in 14-. Then we loaded our three-inch gun, and.blazed away to the right and left of the village, not wishing to hurt any of the .woman and children, whom wo saw scmrying- away with their boxes and mats to the native church. I asked as a special favour to be allowed to I go with Lieutenant Parker and j THE LANDING PARTY of red caps. Captain Sturdeo said I could j go -A my own risk, and we started in two j boats—a. Nordenfeldt and a fow armed bluejackets in the leading boat. We anchored in shallow water, and the red' caps waded ashore. They had orders to launch all the boats they could find, and tiny that ,were 100 heavy to launch were to be smashed. Lieutenant Parker was soon over the side, boots and trousers and all, to superintend operations. 1 had been calling on the admiral just before starting in the morning, and my clothes were not quite suitable for the work in hand, but the temptation to have a prowl round in the enemy's camp was too strong, and in a little while a special correspondent might have been.seen walking along the village paths, camera in hand. It was'the;most amusing and extraordinary sight, possible to see our friendlies at work on, shore. This was the sort of warfare they liked—looting and burning, with the enemy fled into the bush, and only unarmed men and woman and children left in the village. We were met at the outset by two native missionaries, who ! wore white lavas and carried umbrellas. The leaders greeted, then shook hands, and touched noses, and then our dusky warriors scattered among the trees and houses of Hie village: Some of them entered the houses and chatted in quite a friendly way with the people, whose property they had come to destroy. The women, hurrying with their bundles to the native church,, smiled, perhaps j a little sadly, at the '" papalangi " war cor- | respondent, yet greeted him nevertheless with a pleasant enough '" Taloafa." In a littio creek near the centre of the village we got quite a haul, of boats, four of which we launched and two of which were destroyed. Then a move was made up a river estuary, where two more boats were located. The I river came down in a splendid waterfall, and then flowed deep and silent to meet the ocean. Its banks woi-e clothed with beautiful tropical trees. It was up the right bank, that the few armed warriors of the village had fled at our approach, and as there" was danger of their "sniping" at us while we launched our two newly found prizes we poured a few volleys from tho Nordenfeldt into the bush to further scare and scatter them. We. had . now; six boats launched, and Muliangi, one of the leaders, who liked the sport, danced a fandango on the'beach. Our six prizes having been safely launched, Parker re-embarked, and the red caps were sent on shore to FIRE THE VILLAGE. They were not to touch the church, the homes of the native 'missionaries, or European property, and not to do any looting-, especially were .they to see to it that Muliufi's house was burned. JMuliufi is a polished individual, who causes more trouble in Samoa than any other dozen men. Educated in France for the priesthood, and speaking English and French fluently, he has his printed cards, on which he is designated

"Prince Muliufi." There is, however, very little prince, and less priest, about him now. He is simply a pimp and a plunderer, while at the same time ho is one of Mataafa's righthand men. After, taking' a hand with the Germans in stirring up all this war, you find him as far away from danger as lie can possibly get. It was the same in the last war, when, though a relative of Mataafa's, he ran away and look refuge in the president's house. Moreover, it was his jieoplo from those villages wiio had burned and pillaged so many of the Malaafa houses in Apia in January last, not even respecting the'native churches or the houses of British and American residents. It was therefore but a just retribution that was being meted out to him. la a little while, the houses were soon in flames. Landing with the avengers, a strango scene met my eyes. Dusky warriors, dancing and yelling like very goblins, as they lit the dry thatch of the houses or fired their rifles at the village pigs and fowls, I was the only white man on shore in the midst of this strange saturnalia. A St. Louis planter and liis half-caste boy, afraid now of their lives, had tied with their boxes to the warship. They were afraid of the rebels, but I was more afraid of our own army, for their rifles went "Crack!" Crack!" all round me, and

whilo T was photographing the burning of Muliuli's house a bullet from a friendly rifle whistled over my head, let off in the exuberance of wild joy that had by thin time seized our friendly allies." A shot from the Nordeufcldt was the uignal to return, so J waded hack to tho boat, and returned to the ship. Tho boats earno after us. In one was a rudely carved bird on a wooden pedestal, hung rr.und with white shell 11 was a representation of tho " Frisco,' tho sacred 'bird of Falifa. AVo left with our six boats lowing attorn, and reached Apia in tho evening, and the red caps, proud of their conquest, cheered the intercolonial steamer as she passed us at the mouth of tho hnrbour. THK HUMOROUS 8IT)K Though there is always about war an air of. grim reality, it is not nevertheless without its humorous aspect. Many of Uio men hero had been very hard driven. Some of them were at the big guns all day at the commencement of the bombardment, and then had to do sentry duty the same night and the next day. Yet they took it all with the best of good humour. " Wai, I reckon i feel real well and comfortable this morning," 1 hoard one of tho American guards at our hotel say to his mate. " More comfortable than I've ever felt since I've bin on top of this earth, and I guess its all along o' having a wash. 1 ain't had a wash for three days." It is a very difficult matter to pass the picket unless you are properly accredited, and many are the funny situations that have arisen in consequence The other day there was a difficulty with two men who tried. They wore Mormon elders, and, as such, urged, that they should be< allowed to pass. "I don't care if you wero Urighani Young and tho Twelvo Apostles," promptly replied tho American sentry. "You don't go a step further without a pass." Two English sentries on duty near the house of a storekeeper who is lookod upon as one of the instigators of the rebellion, accepted from this man various presents of cocoanuts and bananas. One day the storekeeper quarrelled with those men because they would not let the purser of tho Union Company's steamer visit him on some business. The storekeeper complained to an officer, who replied, " Certainly, the men were trained men, and knew their duty." In our hotel there are two barefooted housemaids, Sasa and Solema, wb'o continue daily to do a minimum of work m the maximum of lime, and there is, or was, a young barefooted Tongan whoso continued boast was, "'Me kill tree men in the last war." When I rsturned from my trip to Savaii the other day, I found the hotel minus one waiter and one housemaid. Charlie and Soloina had skipped by tho light of the moon. Soloma's place was taken by a pretty young girl with great black eyes, and a boy, whose real name was

"Stinking Fish," which, by the way, sounds very.'pretty in Samoan, was promoted from the kitchen to the balcony, where we take tiffen. ''Stinking Fish" was, however, of too mercurial and adventurous a temperament to stay long in the capacity of waiter, and when the mail steamei arrived next day our fishy waiter left us and turned boatman. His place was taken by a Chinaman, but as "John" could not understand English, and we could not talk Chinese, the experiment was not quite a success. Now we have an Indian, who speaks English and dances round the table in leaps and bounds. Some day he will break his neck leaping down the stair three steps at a time, and there will be another vacancy for a first-class waiter at the Plotel International, Apia, Samoa. But I have- got a'little way out of the chronological order. 1 ' .

On Sunday last, when we had the brush at Ve.imusu, I rushed up with the Nordenfeldt, and was awaiting developments, -when I heard a voice at'my shoulder, and hero was Solema, in scanty attire, rushing up with a cocoanut water bottle. Asking her where she was going, she replied. " Oh, I go find my husband; ho been fighting Matoafa." Pie--Eently, amongst the ...-returning horde of warriors, I met Charlie, and asking him if ho had been fighting, he replied, " Yes, I been fight; I kill tree men," and, wreathed in smiles, Charlie, laden with the spoils of war, and Solcma, with her water bottle made from a cccoauut shell, passed along on their, novel honeymoon. One other story. A man came up to Lieutenant Cave at the Supreme Court, and asked leave to go to a house some littio way down the main street. Cave, being a little suspicious, sent a. sentry with him. Presently they camo back, and neither- title nor discipline could prevent the sentry from' laughing in the officer's presence. What had happened was simply this. The man had been to propose to his lady love, had done so, and was accepted in the presence of the sentry standing guard over him. They were married two hours later by the Rev. Air Hucketts, and the sentry signed the register.. Then wo learned that the man's former ivife had only been dead two weeks. Surely even in tho history of warfare there never was such a courtship and such a marriage. A CORONATION IN THE MIDST OF A WAR. Thursday, the 23rd March, was an enjoyable day in Samoa. At daybreak thera was a red flag at the main on the Porpoise, and ! presently the windows of our hotel rattled jto a brisk but brief cannonade from the PorI poise and the Royalist. " They're thick in a fort at Vaimusu" was the report that had been brought in, and we. could hear the whizz of the shell as they sped past us, and a few seconds the loud boom.as they bur^t far inland amid the tall trees of Vaiusu.' Ih the morning there was a great stir at Mulinuu,for it had been decided that this day Tanu was to come ashore and be crowned King of Samoa. Tho Malietoa army came up to Apia in the morning, and very fine they looked as they marched in fours with their red turbans and their rifles on their broad shoulders along the main street. The leader of our landing | party of the day. before yesterday- is the | general of to-day, and he struts along proudly at the head of his army. Only now ho has added a spiked helmet to his blue braided coat and lavalava, and the red and green antimacassar that did duty for a turban is wrapped round his helmet's crown. Old Foe limps along second in command, one white boot on his right foot, his left still bare. It is the gradual evolution of the warrior. The conquering, colonising British are using the savage in this land as they have used him in many another land, only now our first cousin, the American, is taking a hand in tile deal, and evidently is holding pretty good cards, too. It is true the Sarnoans are aB yet in the embryonic stage, and a long way down in the scale of militarism, as compared with our Indian Sikhs and Goorkhas, or Kitchener's Egyptian troops; but they are getting on, slowly, it may lie, but sure]}*. To-morrow our general in the spike helmet and the bandsman's coat may have blossomed into trousers, and friend Foe may have found a boot for his other foot. After lunch there was more marching of men in Apia—white and black. Captain Sturdee, in command of the land forces, and Consul Maxse, might be seen on shore, spick and span in their -vhite_unifonns. British and American officers Lieutenant Cave, Lieutenant Gaunt, Flag-lieutenant Viller, Lieutenant Lansdale, Perkins, Brown, antl others—wore working conjointly in carrying out the arrangements. Shortly before 2 the admiral landed from his barge, and was saluted by the officers and troops drawn up near the shore, and a little later the young King came in a boat from the Porpoise. He was dressed in his late father's uniform of dark blue, with cocked hat, and lots of gold lace. But the effect was somewhat spoiled by the white shoes that ho wore. He was accompanied by Tamasese, who had abandoned his pappa lavalava for a naval uniform that ill became his swinging gait and big proportions, and there was further incongruity in that he was barefooted. (|ne could not help thinking sadly of these changes. What a pity that such ideas had of recent years been put into the heads of these simple Samoans. Tamasese, in his lavalava, is every inch a general, and commands respect and admiration; Tamasese, bootless, 'in an ill-fitting naval uniform, is a scarecrow, exciting smiles and ridicule. And Tanu, too, would have been just as .much a King in his every day dress. But perhaps the native mind is more impressed by this pantomime display. However, we started with blare of trumpets and flashing of .swords down the long semi-circular street to Mnlinuu to the seat of tho King. And the procession was certainly imposing enough. The band led, then came the British and American mnriuos together, under Lieutenant Perkins, of tho Philadelphia, an event surely in the world's history. Following were some American bluejackets, then 55 Samoans. Next the carriages with the admiral and other officials, then 50 more Samoans, and after that the British bluejackets, and a following crowd of sightseers. Not a solitary German was present, but it was a brave show, nevertheless. Wo passed the different British and American guards on the way, and at Mulinuu we passed long rows of red caps drawn up beside the village street in single file. They seemed to have guns and rifles of almost every age and pattern, and those who had no rifles had axes, long sheath knives, or the ugly-looking head knives of Samoan warfare. Tho houses on either side were crammed with women and children, squat-

ting on then haunches, and peering intently O'll from tho open sides at such a coronation parade as had never before been seen in Samoa, m anywhere else. Opposite the King's house wo halted, and tho oflicials entered. Tho floors were oprnad with mats,1 and the eaves and pillars hung with (lowers—the little Iteii flutter, which only n chief is allowed to use, peeping out plentifully from tho greenery. ' Tumi sat in a chair draped with a line

of mats, at the ousteni end of tho oval house. On bio right sat iho admiral, the Chief Justico, and British consul, and tho admiral's secretary. On the left were Tainasese,- Captain While (of the Philadelphia), tho Amcri'ean consul, Captain Sturdco (of the Porpoise), and Captain 'i'orlcsae (of the Royalist). Tile proceedings were to be brief, but ' novel. First, 'there was to bo the rarely witnessed ceremony of "King's kava." A-ftei this the saluting from.the warships, the hoisting of tho Samoan flag,1 and one or two brief speeches. Outside tho King's house, in the village- square, tho Samoan soldiers sat in silence, and tho British and American sailors stood to their arms. Close to tho house, on the green sward, sat a crescent row of chiefs, tho big kava bowl in front of them. In the iniddio ono man, who carried water in a coeoanut shell, ran up and down in front of the row of chiefs several times. Water was then poured on the hands of the kava maker. Tho pounded kava root was already in the bowl, and water was poured on it. It was then mixed by tho chief with his hand, and strained by dragging a hank of fibrous bark through tho liquid. Each time the fibre was drawn through the bowl it was wrung out, and handed to another man behind, who flicked it in the air'to got rid of the sediment.

Aftor this had been done several times, tho

bowl of Jcava wan taken into the house. One of the chiefs Killed out " Kara for the King," there was a loud clapping of hands, and live of the chiefs toolc iip their position in tho house opposito tho King. A libation was

then taken from the big bowl in a cup made

from a coeoanut shell, poured into another cup, and with a graceful courtesy and flourish

handed to the King. .The King look the

tup iii his hand, but did not drink. The liquid was poured on the floor, and the cup thrown down after it. Kava was then offered to the admiral, the vico-king, and the consuls.

'i'lio officers and chiefs all partook of ;it. When tho ceremony was over, the Samoan flag was hoisted by three men—one Britisher, one American, and one Samoan. The band from the Philadelphia played the Samoan, American, and British anthems. Old Captain White,- from : the Philadelphia, whoso waving sword flashed in the declining sun as it sloped behind the palms of Miilinuu, led the cheering for the King and the British. Captain Slurdeo and his gallant men returned tiio compliment paid them by their American cousins. Then tlie mellow voices of a 'thousand Samoans, in perfect unison, like some great organ pealing, broke forth in one of their war songs. The guns of the -Philadelphia and the Porpoise 'thundered a- salute of 21 guns, and young JMaiietoa Tanu Mafili, for weal or woe, was crowned King of Samoa. Next eamo the speech-making. One- of the leading chiefs in tho newly-formed Cabinet thanked tho British and the admiral lor what they had done. The proceedings .that day were as a ray of light falling on their country. It was as the- rising sun, throwing a light upon the darkness. Their hopes were realised and their desires had come to pass, and they wcro all pleased, though at the same time they'were also greatly saddened on account of the shedding of the blood of the.men belonging to the Queen of Britannia. a,nd of the men belonging to the King of the1 United .States; Tho admiral, in a couple of sentences, rose and thanked the chiefs,'and expressed a hope. that they would soon have lieaco m their' country. The Chief Justice, "who.now attends.daily at his court, followed with a few appropriate words. Then wo shook hands with the King, and wended our way back to, Apia, al! in high feather.

Sn; far, the two grdat English-speaking peoples had succeeded every time, and the little band of Britishers staying ak the International, gatli'oring round the old piano, and, for about the , twontieth. time during the troublous times, led off "The gallants of England." The piano badly wanted tuning, and our voices did not blend so harmoniously as those of our Samoan friends, but there was volume of sound—real noise,— and the song went with a reckless abandon that made amends for a little discord. Then came days of suspense and comparative idleness. The Mbriposa came and wont on. the Friday, and the Tauranga (Captain Stuart) arrived the same day.

THE NEVER-GLORIOUS ARMY.

Meantime we "had been making a number of interesting expeditions in the bush against the rebels, and these had a salutary effect, for they kept 'Mataafa's \varrior3 away from the town, and life and property there were for the time being safe. Out of these expeditions arose what we called the "neverglorious army." There were now nearly 2000 men, women, and children crowded into Mulinuu, and amongst these were a considerable number of fighting men. Young Gaunt was .placed in charge of the latter—the King's army,—a motley crowd, with' a heterogenous collection of arms. The day before this appointment I took a walk through Mulinuu, and Mulinuu absolutely stank. Two days afterwards a ■ great smoke was to bo seen arising from' the 'village. It was the burning of innumerable rubbish heaps. Gaunt had got to work with his men. The long street was swept, and the whole town, back and front, was cleaned up, and certain sanitary laws laid down. Mr Gurr. lent valuable help, and two days worked a complete transformation, and no doubt an epidemic was 1 prevented. . There havo. b6en a few deaths within the last fortnight of xomen and chil- 1 dren, but all, without exception, from ordi- I nary causes. Gaunt's army made a brave show as they marched up through Apia one morning, and Gaunt seemed proud of his command. I Eaw him the same evening, and ho had a" face as long as a fiddle, and the dictionary could not supply him.with words sufficient to express his indignation and chagrin. He had led his army, to the number of 300, into the bush up the Tivoli road, and had surprised the enemy, but his men would not.follow. '"Just fancy," he said, " I had the makings of the finest little fight I imaginable. Within 120' yards of 50 of the [ white caps, and not one of my men could get nearer than 400 yards of them." Poor Gaunt was very depressed that evening, and his friends told him ho would be shot for a certainty if ho persisted in going into the bush with such a follosving. But Gaunt did persist. He went ■ straight down to Mulinuu, and called a Cabinet meeting of the King' 3 13 chiefs, and gave them a fearful slanging. I looked in during the operation, and I never saw a more shamefaced set of men in all my life. They squirmed on their haunches, and, with downcast eyes, listened in all humiliation. They began to talk in whispers, and wo -withdrew. Gaunt had asked for 50 picked men, and they agreed to give them to him. They also called him fine names in Samoan—" leader of' hosts," and such like. Next morning the chosen 50 were duly paraded, when, lo and behold, 30 of diem were missing? They had sent substitutes. The young captain of the King's army rose in his might, and told these men that they, must follow where he led. He would have no going back, for in such a matter he had the power of life and death, arid, by all that was holy (or-words to that effect), he would use it. Ho looked yery hard at his company, and one man dropped on the spot in a dead faint. They poured water over his head, and carried him away, and the forty-and-nine went to, drill. Before sundown they could handle their guns with some degree of safety to themselves, and by next morning they were forming fours and doing volley. firing with remarkable precision. It was really wonderful. Gaunt's unshaven and somewhat tired-looking face was wreathed in smiles as he led them that day, and marched up the In Ifi road. Cave and the British with the Nordenfeldt, Lansdale and the Americans with the' Colt automatic, Gaunt with his 50 men and the-following crowd of Malietoa warriors. " Why don't the niggers go into the bush?" said the officer in command. "My men'll go, I think," said Gaunt, and, jumping off his pony, he led them over a ditch and into the bush. They went in with a yell, and came out at a river nearly half a mile distant, but there.was no fighting. A flying column of British and Americans with about 100 • Samoans now began to push up the bush roads daily. DEATH OF AN AMERICAN. On Sunday the American whose leg was shattered at the consulate during the first clay's bombardment died. Tetanus had set in, and, as a last resourco, the man's leg was amputated; but he died in about an hour. LOOTING. Meantime tho rebels wero continuing their devilries. The bridges along the Main, road leading westward were all torn up or burned, and large trees wero cut down across all the roads to block the machine guns. The houses on the German plantation at Vailele were now looted, and tho houses of other Germans who live ill'the bush at the back of the

town were similarly treated, for tho Germans, who had boon telling thorn to fight and to hold out for news by tho mail, were evidently not now going to help them out of the pit they h/ul dug' for thorn. Thoy would therefore give their quondam friends a littlo taste of their quality. Even tho houso of Marquart, their late German instructor, was not spared, and many a gold watch and other jewellery was seen passing tip tho coast in the lutndu of the rebels. A few days afterwards it man going up to see how his house had fared, found everything stolen or destroyed. The piano was standing outside, and a white cap rebel was strumming on tho fow 'remaining keys. As the owner arrived, ho got up, gavo him n"pleasant "Taloafa," and disappeared into the bush. A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. I went on another punitive expedition in tho Porpoise. We wept westward along the coast to Souaas, the armed cutters going close inshore and firing tho Nordonfcldts, and a ono-pounder with shell, into the deserted Jfalaafa villages, lieutenant Perkins, of the Porpoise, had charge of one cutter, Lieutenant Lines, of tho Tnurattgn,' was in command of the other, Lieutenant Miller was in command of the Philadelphia steam launch, and Gaunt and the British, consul had charge of thren boatloads of - f riendlies, who had been armed with now' Martini and Enficld rifles. All did excellent work, and the Porpoise stood off outside tho reef.;aj)d sent in ii1 shell, when wo signalled, with splendid precision. .No rcsistanco was met with, except at Leulumoenga, when we were suddenly fired upon by the rebels, who were in hiding behind j^ mission . station. Gaunt's men charged through tho mission station iii fine style, and for a time we'were under a brisk fire. A few of the enemy wore killed and wounded, and wo had ono of our friendlies wounded.. The bullet _ entered . his chest, i struck a rib, and grazed tho luu'g. Dr Andrews cut in at the hack, and extracted a large Snider bullet,.which.had been considerably dented by contact, with the rib.1 I witnessed" the operation in the evening, and was astonished at the marvellous manner in which j the man stood tho pam of the probing and | cutting. Ho scarcely uttered ,a. groan, j though it was a painful operation, and no anesthetics wore administered. On this -expedition we recovered Suaman's boat, and destroyed tho other boats, one-of which was | the largest rowing boat in the world. I It pulled 70 oars, and cost four thousand dollars. We also burned several, villages, but no i mission properly was touched, and there was no looting. The expedition was an extremely interesting one, but a detailed account of it must wait for another time.