14 TONGATABOO. 
The houses of King Josiah’s or Tubou’s town are mostly within the 
fortress ; this is a high mud wall or embankment, on the top of which 
is a wicker-work fence; on the outside of the wall is a ditch, twelve 
feet wide by five feet deep. There are three principal gateways, 
which are very narrow entrances, formed by thick cocoa-nut posts, 
set firmly and closely in the ground, admitting only two persons at a 
time; these entrances are about fifteen feet long, and in order to se- 
cure them against an attack, they are so arranged as to be filled up 
with earth; they have likewise a number of hollow logs buried in the 
wall, and set obliquely, serving as loop-holes, through which they may 
have a cross-fire at their enemies as they approach. These loop-holes 
can only be used for muskets, and have been introduced since the 
natives began to use fire-arms, or since the time of Mariner, for he 
makes no mention of them in describing the fortresses. 
King George’s house is near by: it was originally built at Hihifo, 
for a chapel; the chief of that place gave it to Taufaahau, and it was 
divided into three parts, and brought to Nukualofa in canoes. On my 
