LEINGOA？’literally’Whothename？’whichservesherefor’What’syourbusiness？’aswell。ItprovedtobeLafaele’sfriend；Ibadeakitchenboy，Lauilo，gowithhimtoseethespot，forthoughithadceasedraining，thewholeislandrananddripped。Lauilowaswillingenough，butthefriendofthearchangeldemurred；hehadtoomuchbusiness；hehadnotime。’Allright，’Isaid，’youtoomuchfrightened，Igoalong，’whichofcourseproducedtheusualshoutofdelightfromallthosewhodidnotrequiretogo。IgotintomySaranacsnowboots。Lauilogotacutlass；MaryCarter，ourSydneymaid，joinedthepartyforalark，andoffweset。I
tellyouourguidekeptusmoving；fortheduskfellswift。
Ourwoodshaveaninfamousreputationatthebest，andourerrandtosaytheleastofitwasgrisly。Atlast’theyfoundtheremains；theywereold，whichwasallIcaredtobesureof；itseemedastrangelysmall’pickle-banes’tostandforabig，flourishing，buck-islander，andtheirsituationinthedarkeninganddrippingbushwasmelancholy。Allatonce，Ifoundtherewasasecondskull，withabullet-holeIcouldhavestuckmytwothumbsin-sayanybodyelse’sonethumb。
MySamoanssaiditcouldnotbe，therewerenotenoughbones；
Iputthetwopiecesofskulltogether，andatlastconvincedthem。Whereupon，inaflash，theyfoundthenotunromanticexplanation。ThispoorbravehadsucceededintheheightofaSamoanwarriorsambition；hehadtakenahead，whichhewasneverdestinedtoshowtohisapplaudingcamp。Woundedhimself，hehadcrepthereintothebushtodiewithhisuselesstrophybyhisside。Hisdatewouldbeaboutfifteenyearsago，inthegreatbattlebetweenLaupepaandTalavou，whichtookplaceonMyLand，Sir。To-morrowweshallburythebonesandfireasaluteinhonourofunfortunatecourage。