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take a short stick, with a peg, sharpened at both ends, running through one extremity of it and extending about an inch on each side ; and throwing up a ball made of green leaves molded to- gether, and secured with twine, they catch it on the point of the peg ; and immediately throwing it up again from the peg, they turn the stick around, and thus keep catching it, on each peg alter- nately, without missing it, for a considerable time.

53. Ku'he-Ie-tnau — A game played with an awl-shape object, having a wooden handle pointed with a needle which is tossed from the hand, the object being to make it stand erect. The players play in turn, and each continues until he misses. The name is explained by Andrews as from ku, " to rise," Jie4e y " to move," and mai y " this way."

54. Nou-nou-pu-ni-u : COCOANUT- SHELL-CASTING. — A cocoa- nut is hollowed out and suspended by a cord, and the players throw at it with balls made of kapa. One acts as banker, and pays a prize to a player who hits the cocoanut a certain propor- tional number of times.

55. Kunuho-lo. — A ball game, described by native informants as played with a rag ball made of kapa, which is struck with the open hand. From ii-ni, and A0-/0, "to run." Andrews states that it is similar to baseball. He gives ki-ni-po-po as a general name for all games of ball.

56. Pe-ku-ki-ni-po-po : BALL-KICKING. — A game of football was formerly played with a large ball made of kapa. A hole some- what larger than the ball was dug in the ground on each side as a goal, and the object of the game was to force the ball into the opponent's hole. Football is now played with a rubber ball, with two posts with a string across at opposite sides as goals. This form is of recent introduction.

57. Pa-na-pa-na lu-a : PlT-SHOOTlNG. — Played by several per- sons with beans, pa-pa-pa, each contributing the same number. A small hole is dug, beside which they put all their beans to- gether. The first player then flips the beans into the hole,

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