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S after the burial of the late king, Finow Fiji proposed to his nephew (the present king) to rebuild the large garrison at Felletoa, which might serve as a strong and impenetrable fortification, in case of attack from a foreign enemy: besides which, he justly observed, that the garrison being rebuilt, it might serve as a place of residence for all the chiefs and great warriors; a measure in itself highly political, as it would