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leaves. The local chief, a man somewhat advanced in 

 years, and of rather venerable aspect, came to shake 

 hands with Ritova ; whilst his followers kept at a re- 

 spectful distance, and none of them ventured to stand 

 upright as long as they were on board. This old man 

 had been one of Ritova's most faithful friends, having 

 shared his exile for some time. The two friends were 

 quite overcome, and ready to cry. None of them could 

 speak for some minutes ; at last the old chief said, that 

 he was sorry to have to come empty-handed, but they 

 were so poor that they had nothing to give. Ritova 

 replied, that to be able to look once more upon his 

 dear old face was more than all the presents he could 

 have brought ; they would apply themselves manfully 

 to rebuild their towns, and the intercourse with the 

 white men would soon place them in possession of 

 plenty of goods. They then went on shore, where the 

 people were overjoyed to behold their great chief 

 again. 



The Tonguese teacher of Naduri had been invited by 

 us to preach that day at Nukubati, for which we made 

 him a handsome present ; and all hands went on shore 

 to attend Divine service, which, in the absence of a pro- 

 per place of worship, was held in the chief's house. 

 Instead of dwelling on the importance of the happy 

 result that had been brought about by the arrangement 

 just concluded, and thanking God that peace had been 

 preserved in the land, the teacher preached a pointed 

 sermon at Ritova, about the evils that jealousy had pro- 

 duced in Tonga, Tonga is always put first by these 

 conceited islanders, Europe, and Fiji. Seeing several 



