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cabin of the Porl-au-Prince, Finau took his 
station upon a portion of the reef not covered 
by the water, and watched the cannonade with 
intense interest. Much as he desired to lead 
his men to the assault, his chiefs would not 
allow him to expose his person by going any 
nearer. The fire of the carronades was kept up 
for an hour ; in the meantime, as it did not 
appear to do all the mischief to the exterior of 
the fortress (owing to the yielding nature of the 
materials) that the King expected, he sent for 
Mr. Mariner, and expressed his disappointment. 
The young sailor said that no doubt there was 
mischief enough done on the inside of the fort, 
wherever there were resisting bodies, such as 
canoes, the posts and beams of houses, etc., and 
that it was already very evident that the 
besieged Nukualofa people had no reason to 
think lightly of the effect of the artillery, seeing 
that they had already greatly slackened their 
exertions, not half the number of arrows being 
now discharged from the fort ; and, in his 
opinion, there were many slain lying within its 
walls. 
“ Finau was not satisfied, however, with his 
white artillerymen, but resolved to make an 
