That government may do as they wish to
me. The reason of this is, because I do not desire that the blood of
Samoa shall be spilt for me again. But I do not know what is my offence
which has caused their anger to me and to my country." And then,
apostrophising the different provinces: "Tuamasanga, farewell! Manono
and family, farewell! So, also, Salafai, Tutuila, Aana, and Atua,
farewell! If we do not again see one another in this world, pray that we
may be again together above." So the sheep departed with the halo of a
saint, and men thought of him as of some King Arthur snatched into
Avilion.
On board the _Bismarck_, the commodore shook hands with him, told him he
was to be "taken away from all the chiefs with whom he had been
accustomed," and had him taken to the wardroom under guard. The next day
he was sent to sea in the _Adler_. There went with him his brother Moli,
one Meisake, and one Alualu, half-caste German, to interpret. He was
respectfully used; he dined in the stern with the officers, but the boys
dined "near where the fire was." They come to a "newly-formed place" in
Australia, where the _Albatross_ was lying, and a British ship, which he
knew to be a man-of-war "because the officers were nicely dressed and
wore epaulettes.
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