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Rh THE TONGA ISLANDS. 377 be to send all those chiefs, who pretended to have a right to the sovereignty, or who were suspected of such pretensions, away to the Hapai islands. As to his nephew, he said, that there could not well arise any dispute to his right of succession (except on the part of ill disposed chiefs), inasmuch as he was the late king's heir, and was well beloved by the Vavaoo peo- ple, on account of his having been the adopted son of the late Toobo Nuha, and also because he was born at Vavaoo, and brought up there. The prince agreed with his uncle on the pro- priety of sending the pretenders to the Hapai islands, particularly Voona, who was of the line of those chiefs who governed Vavaoo before the revolt of Tonga ; and also Voogi, who was at the head of a strong party of men, and was known to be in the interest of Toobo Toa. The prince concluded by saying, " But let us wait father, and then we shall have a different " scene in the affairs of Vavaoo : when all pro- " moters of civil discord are banished, the land "flourishing; for we have had war enough!" To which every body present replied, " *Tis all " we wish for.'* From the above sentiments of the two. chiefs, it will appear to be their intention to confine
 * as quietly as possible, till the burial of my
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