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��hit this shooter he goes out of the game ; but if he has knocked a marble out, the one whose shooter is hit forfeits the entire num- ber first put into the ring. The shooters, larger seeds, are valued at five of the ordinary ones which are called hu-a ma-pa-la or hu- a ki-ni-ki-ni, hu-a meaning seed. The game is said to be called also le-na pa-ka (le-na, " to shoot ; pa-ka, " to fight ").

Dr Edward Palmer collected for our National Museum the seeds of the Ccesalpina bonducella in Florida, where, he reports, they are used by children as marbles under the name of " nicker " seeds.

62. Ki-o4a-o-la-la-au : " Stick-casting," Tip cat. — Tip cat is played with two sticks made of ko-a wood, one about 6 inches in length {la-au po-ko-le, " short stick ") placed so that its ends rest on the edges of a small hole scooped in the ground, and the other the bat {la-au hi-li, " striking stick," or la-au lo-i-hi, " long stick "), which is longer. The cat is tossed by thrusting the bat beneath it and striking it in the air. The distance it falls is measured with the bat, and the one who thus first counts one hundred wins the game. The game is also called pa-a-ni la-au, from pa-a-ni, " to play," and la-au, " wood."

Stair ! refers to " the English schoolboy's game of cat, but played in the water instead of on the land," as among the games of the Samoans.

63. Ki-no-a : Hop-SCOTCH. — A diagram is drawn upon the

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