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said Popoina to Mr. Gunn, “we would not have asked your 
advice, but would have shot some one.’ 
Christianity had triumphed, and in the same week in which 
the attack was made on the life of Wotu, the first Christian 
marriage on Fotuna was celebrated. Instead of the hideous 
night singing of heathenism, hymns of praise were soon 
heard at the evening worship of the people. And with the 
decadence of the old customs, it came to be acknowledged 
even by the older heathen that “the worship” had come to 
stay on Fotuna. 
