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itery about it when it is used in the Banks' islands to drive y a ghost, as in Mota, where it is called nanamatea, " death ccr," or " to make a mourning sound," and as in Merlav, where »th. It is a common plaything. In Vanua Lava they call it kt " pig," from the noise it makes ; in Maewo it is taLviv, whirring string"; in Araga it is merely tavire bua y a "bit >amboo."
 * called wo-rung-tamb," a wailer," and is used the night after

42. Hu-Ua-ma-ka-ni : " Wind-wheel," Pin-wheel. — A toy !e of paper or kapa. The paper pin-wheel is identical 1 that of Europe, but that of kapa has the form shown in e XII, e.

B. T. Sommerville 1 says that in New Georgia, Solomon l ds, " toys of pieces of cocoanut fronds are made for chil- • Three of these are a ' whirligig/ a ' whistler,' and a ' frigate- The first is a little windmill, which revolves when presented ie wind ; the second, an arrangement of cocoanut leaf which, ft violently swung round in the air, gives a sound of a large
 * t humming."

3. Huo-e-o-e: HUMMING TOPS. — Humming tops are made d " ; o-kaa, " a top," " to spin like a top " ; u-li-li, " a small d used for a top to play with " ; and o-ni-u, " a top for spin- , a plaything for children, generally made of a cocoanut."
 * iall gourds. Andrews gives o-ka, "a top made of a small

4. Hu-ko-a: WOODEN TOPS. — Wooden or peg tops are so d from A«, top, and io-a (Acacia kod), the wood of which

are made. They have iron points. A top is put in the He of a ring on the ground and the object of the game is to k it out.

1 New Zealand, according to Taylor," he poro, he potaka, he >ra y he katiwtaka y the whipping top, is another game which is id in every part of the island ; the top used is more of a

Journal Anthropological Institute, vol. XXVI, p. 409. Op. cit., p. 172.

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