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EETVA. 363 Teacher, he said, " Ay, Aquila, your spirit is still in you, because you have not seen them. The man is a fool who fights with Tongans. I fired on them twenty or thirty times ; but all we could do was of no avail. They rushed on impetuously. They are gods, and not men ! " But little resistance was offered after the taking of the town. Many prisoners were taken by the Friendly Islanders and their lives spared. The Fijian army killed a great number of men, women, and children, making the entire loss of the enemy about one hundred and eighty. Fourteen Tongans were killed, and about the same number wounded. The lotu people were assembled in the town with their Teacher, and a rebel Mbau Chief, named Koroi Ravulo, and were all spared. Two hun- dred prisoners were given up to the Vunivalu, and all pardoned, though some, when tried, were found well worthy of death. Many desired the death of Koroi Eavulo, but even he was set free, and the rest were de- tained at Mbau merely until their own town should be rebuilt. On the day of the fall of Kamba, the hopes of the rebels were brought low. In Thautata, their nearest town, they had been very in- solent, calling out that they were anxious for the attack on Kamba to take place, as their firewood with which they intended to cook the Ton- gans was getting rotten. But when they saw the smoke rise from Kamba, the Thautatans lowered their flag, and escaped, together with the people of Vatoa and Waithoka, up the river to Mburetu. One of the fugitives was taken and killed, and only saved from the oven by the prompt interference of Mr. "Waterhouse. Mara passed, on his flight, through Mburetu and other rebel towns, but feared to stay, being anx- ious to get to his white friends at Ovalau. Not being able to secure a canoe, he crossed inland at the back of Viwa, and got to the coast on the other side of that town, where he succeeded in getting off with a few of his party, promising to return on the following day, a promise which, it need scarcely be said, he never intended to keep. Messengers were sent from Mbau to Nakelo, the head of one of the revolted districts, informing the old King that his son and ten of his people, who ha^ been taken in the war, were safe at Mbau, and should be at once given up. The King himself went to Mbau with an ambas- sador who had been sent thence to Mburetu, and begged for peace 1( r that district as well as his own. Offerings of peace were also brought in from several other towns, and all were accepted, so that Mbau, which had so long been agitated with war, was full of mirth and gaiety with the beating of drums and other demonstrations of joy. By this time, Mr. Moore had managed to get a small house built at Rewa, and now took Mrs. Moore and the children back to the scene of 24