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u-hi-u-hi wood. Each contestant had ten trials. The same ka- hu-a, or course, was also used for mai-ka ( number 78).

76. Mo-a. — This is a game played with a mo-a, a club similar to the pa-hee, but shorter. In either game there was no exact rule for weight or length of stick, but each player suited his own want. It is described as a prominent means of gambling.

J J. Ka-hu-a-ko-u — This is described by Andrews as " a species of pastime on the ka-hu-a with the ko-u" Ko-i, among other things, means a small hatchet. The game appears to be similar to pa-he e and mo-a. Andrews gives ko-i as "the name of a play; a sort of race in sliding."

78. Mai-ka. — Described by Brigham ' as a game played with the u-lu or o-lo-hu. The first name was current on Hawaii and Kauai, and the latter was known on Maui and Oahu. A smooth alley, or ka-hu-a, was required and three forms of the game were common. The first was a trial of strength, or throwing, or rather bowling, to the greatest distance ; the second required more skill to drive the u-lu between two sticks near the end of the ka-hu-a ; the third was rather a trial of the u-lu than of the players, as they were rolled against each other and the toughest won the game for its owner. There is a famous ka-hu-a near Kalae on Molokai, where may be seen hundreds of broken u-lu. The players trained care- fully and developed great strength. Various kinds of stone were used, but a heavy compact coral rock was the favorite ; the u-lu was sometimes spherical, but usually a thin cylinder with slightly convex ends (plate XII, b). The largest u-lu of the first form in the Bishop Museum has a diameter of J\ inches and weighs 22 pounds. Of the second and more common form the largest is 5 inches in diameter, 3 inches thick, and weighs 44 ounces. The smallest has a diameter of i£ inches and weighs 3J ounces. Rough and unfinished u-lu were used by children for practice. The aver- age weight was a little over a pound. Choice ones were carefully oiled and kept in kapa. The u-lu exhibited in the Bishop Museum

1 Preliminary Catalogue \ part II, p. 56.

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