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40 those occupied by the Anglo-Saxons; but this was not at first noticed by the latter. Larger expeditions were sent out, and the first colonists soon became aware that they were not the only occupiers of the planet. However, they did not object, as the people of Kairet seemed to be peaceably inclined and quite willing to be under the Government of the Anglo-Saxons. But as time went on the former became more and more aggressive. They began to set the authority of the Government at defiance, and to export the produce of the planet without paying the moderate duties which the Anglo-Saxons demanded. Very little of what actually went on was ever known at the mother planets, since the distance was so great and the accounts that were sent were much warped by national prejudice. But the rivalry between the representatives of the two Powers continually increased; for although Iosia was much larger than the Earth, the rapidity with which the colonists could travel about in