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thought it advisable to give himself up, and for some 

 time he was a prisoner under the immediate eye of the 

 victorious chief. But Maafu's followers were most un- 

 willing to see this promise kept ; they pressed him hard 

 to get rid of a man at once so bold and so dangerous. 

 Maafu, on one side assailed by his unruly mob, on the 

 other bound by a promise which he deemed it prudent 

 not to treat lightly, solved the dilemma by allowing Ki- 

 tova to escape to Cakaudrove, and in order to blind his 

 vassals and allies, he pretended to be enraged at his es- 

 cape, and dispatched men in pursuit of the fugitive. 



Maafu now proceeded to dispose of the conquered 

 territories. Solevu was annexed to Tui Bua's dominion ; 

 the western part of Macuata was placed under Bete, 

 the eastern under Bonaveidogo, with the express under- 

 standing that each of the favoured parties had to pay a 

 stipulated tribute. In this distribution, the claims of 

 Bau on Solevu had been altogether disregarded. If any- 

 thing had been wanting to open the eyes of Cakobau, it 

 was furnished by these high-handed proceedings, which 

 sounded like scorn to a proud people, who had been led 

 to believe that whatever was done in this war would 

 tend towards extending and consolidating the autho- 

 rity of the supreme power in Fiji. More humiliation 

 was in store for Bau. In order to avoid as long as pos- 

 sible a direct contest with that state, Maafu retired to 

 Lomolomo to direct his operations. Bau was to be got 

 between two fires. A strong fleet of canoes was dis- 

 patched to Bega, an island, through Rewa, subject to 

 Bau, and which, overawed by the superior force suddenly 

 appearing, gave itself up to the Tonguese ; whilst Tui 



