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cone, and of less diameter than our English one, but in other respects is just the same.

Dieffenbach 1 also says that in New Zealand "a top, called kaihora, nicely formed and managed as it is by us, supplies an- other of their amusements."

Codrington " says : " Tops are made in the Solomon islands of the nut of a palm and a pin of wood, the whole visible length of which, between two and three inches long, is below the head. To spin the top, a double string is wound round the shaft, and the two ends pulled smartly asunder. A similar top was used in Pitcairn island by the half Tahitian children of the Bounty mutineers."

45. Ha-no : SQUIRT-GUN. — Squirt-guns are made of bamboo. Boys and girls play with them on holidays, especially on New Year's day. A specimen in the Berlin Museum fur Volkerkunde is made of gourd (i-pu ha-no-ka-no).

46. Hu-ako-pa: Soap-bubbles. — Soap-bubble blowing is an amusement of children. Ko-pa is the Hawaiian pronunciation of soap.

47. Hei : Cat's-CRADLE — A number of cat's-cradles were known to my informants, among which are : (1) hoo-ko-mo (plate XIV, e) ; (2) e-ke-ma-nu y " ace of diamonds " (plate XIII, e) ; (3) e-ke-Aa-ka, " ace of hearts " (plate XIII, a) ; (4) e-ke-pe-ki, " ace of spades " (plate XIV, c) ; (5) a-na-ma-nu, " bird-house " (plate XV, a); (6) pau-ma-wai, "pump" (plate XIII, c) ; (7) pa-huo-lo 9 "saw" (plate XV, b) ; (8) ma-hi-ki, " see-saw " (plate XIII, d) ; (9) wai-* la-wa (plate XV, c) ; (10) ko-ke, " vagina " (plate XIV, /) ; (11) o4uh le-a-mo (plate XIV, d) ; (12) pa-pi-o-ma-ka-nu-i-nu-i (plate XIV, a); (13) pa-pi-o-ma-ka-lii-lii (plate XV, d) ; (14) u-pe-na, "net" (plate xiv, b) ; (1 5) pou y " post " (plate XV, e) ; (16) po y " darkness " (plate XIII, b). Many others are said to be known. A single playc** makes them with great rapidity, but sometimes another is called on for assistance. The name, fiei, " net," applied to the game i^

1 Op. cit., vol. II, p. 32. • Op. cit., p. 342.

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