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are made of lava, coral, breccia, conglomerate, limestone, and olivine, and there is one of wood.

Ellis l says that the game of mai-ka is played upon the same floor as pa~hee. Two sticks are stuck in the ground only a few inches apart, at a distance of 30 or 40 yards, and between these, but without striking either, the parties at play strive to throw their stone. At other times the only contention is, who can bowl it farthest along the ka-hu-a, or floor. The people are, if possible, more fond of this game than of the pa-hee ; and the inhabitants of a district not infrequently challenge the people of the whole island, or the natives of one island those of all the others, to bring a man who shall try his skill with some favorite player of their own district or island. On such occasions we have seen seven or eight thousand chiefs and people, men and women, assembled to witness the sport, which, as well as the pa-)ue, is often continued for hours together.

Andrews gives ne-we-ne-we-we as " the exclamations of people when they play at mai-ka, while the stone is rolling and they cheer it on." Also htuupa, i-ki-ma-ku-a, and ka-la-ma-u-la as names of species of stone out of which mai-ka are made. Andrews also states that since the introduction of bowling alleys u4u-mauka has been applied to the game of bowls. My informants say the old game has disappeared, and that they apply the name to the game of bowls with pins.

79. Kulu. — A play with a small gourd, which was unknown to my native informants. A specimen in the British Museum (plate XII, c) is figured in the Ethnographic Album of the Pacific Islands, where it is described as a top played at night in a lascivi- ous game. It is spun through the air at a specific object, the forfeit being at the expense of the woman.

Alexander states that the game of kulu (and tume) was always played at night, in an inclosure made for the purpose, and was connected with many vile associations. The kulu itself was a

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