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Show Capturing Sanioan Boats. London, April 23. According to a letter received from a British naval officer at Apia, dated March 18, the British warship Porpoise, in order to cripple the rebels, cruised around the coast of Upola, burning villages and carrying to Apia all the boats of the the natives. As their boats are regarded re-garded by the Samoan islanders as their most valuable possession, it was believed that plan would really inflict greater hardships upon them than the destruction of their villages. |