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144 anguish, never to rise again; then a heart- rending exclamation of sorrow from one spread its contagion to all the rest ; and thus was the whole night spent in lamentations for the death of a good and great man ; who, as far as hu- man judgment can determine, was unjustly accused, and undeservedly sacrificed. During all this time, the chiefs and warriors of the king kept themselves on the alarm, ex- pecting every moment a revolt from the people of Toobo Nuha. Every thing, however, re- mained quiet. The following morning Finow issued orders for the body to be carried on board a canoe along with him, to proceed to the island of Wiha ; this was accordingly done, and they set sail, sixty or seventy other canoes following, with the Vavaoo people, and several of the king's warriors. When they arrived at Wiha, a grave was opened for Toobo Nuha in the ^^oc<2 * of his ancestors, wherein his body was deposited in the presence of all who came in the canoes, besides a considerable number of the natives of the island f. mount in which it is sunk, and a sort of shed over it. The grave of a chief s family is a vault, lined at the bottom with' one large stone, one at each side, and one at the foot and head, and is about eight feet long, six feet broad, and eight feet deep, covered at the top with one large stone. t ThjB ceremony of this burial is omitted, as being similar
 * Fytoca, a burying-place, including the grave, the