PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
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Such a gathering of canoes! It must be a great battle that is going to take place! All the fight-ing-men are ready with their bows and spears; while their chiefs are standing up in each canoe, telling them how they are to fight. No doubt the enemy is making ready too; and they will indeed require to be careful, for here is the king himself, in the largest canoe, sitting on a chair of state. He is a very big man, and has his club ready.