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Village ina tow valley ina great measure accounted for 
this, We were roving over the hills, when a message 
from Oyalau reached us with Che glid) tidings that 
Colonel Smythe had safely arrived ia Levuka, and was 
desirous of seeing: us. 
Without loss of time we returned to Mr. Work's house, 
left it after midnight, and reached Mattistiva at eight 
oOelock in the morning, where we break fasted with our 
kind friend Mr. Moore, Phere had been some trouble 
with the natives. Au Knglishman had run away with 
the wife of a Viwa chief and refused to give her up, 
The chief, justly exasperated, threatened revenge, and 
would have proceeded to extremities, if Mr. Moore Tid 
not, persuaded the Roewa chief ino whose territory the 
eloped one resided, to stop in, on the grounds that the 
Viwa elief had no right to eause a disturbance on 
territories not his own, "They referred) the ease to Ma 
Pritchard, who remoustrated with the white man, tell 
ing him that if hey an Moglishman, was elubbed) in 
consequence of the provocation given, no government 
could possibly ask for satistietion; and on the other 
hand, that, if no netics were daken of his murder, the 
lives of the other whites would be in danger, So the 
Woman must instantly be piven up. 
We had hoped to reach Lado that day, but the Toss 
of time caused by this troublesome man delayed our 
departure until noon, We agnin passed through the 
Rowa river and the Kelle musa eanal, and townrds san 
set renehed Kaba, where we took up our quarters at the 
house of Peter, a Ponguese teacher connected with the 
Wesleyan mission. Te was fine specimen of his race, 
