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cross, the squares all being crossed with intersecting lines. Thir- teen stones (pa-ka) are arranged as shown in plate XI, b. One of the two players, called pu-ni-pe-ki, points with a stick (/a>au) to one of the unoccupied points. The stones move one square at a time and endeavor to pen up the pu-ni-pe-ki, who in turn tries to capture the stones. The stick moves one square and jumps over an adjacent piece when the next square beyond is vacant. The player then cries, Pe-pe-hi ka-na-kaf When the stick is cornered the opponent cries, Paa! ("tight").

This is no doubt the game referred to by Andrews under the name of pu-ni-pe-ki (bo-ne-pa-te, bu-ni-be-ti\ "a game like 'fox and geese.' " It may be that this is a Hawaiian rendering of "Bona- parte," the object of the game being to pen him up. The name ma-nu y " bird," is explained by the moves of the stick. Andrews gives le-le-pu-ni, " a kind of play with white and black stones on a board," probably referring to this game.

88. Hu-ki-la-au: Stick-d rawing, Drawing-straws.— One player prepares two slips of wood of uneven length, and the others draw. If the drawer gets the long piece, he wins ; if the short piece, he loses.

89. Pau-nau-we : Jackstraws. — Some twenty-five or thirty small splints {la-au) are allowed to fall in a heap, and the players endeavor to separate them one by one without moving the others. The name means " to divide into parcels or parts."

90. Ko-ho-ko-ho-pu-aa : " PlG-GUESSING." — This is a kind of lot- tery. The principal stake consists of pigs {pu-aa). One hundred cards are prepared, on which are written the names of various arti- cles of food, as pig, fowl, banana, bread-fruit, orange, eggs, etc. Twenty persons each draw a card, the object being to get the one marked " pig." If this is not drawn the first time, the drawing is repeated until some one gets it. This lottery is held on a holi- day. The prizes are offered by some rich person. The winner gets five pigs. Afterward the assembled company eats the other food that has been provided.

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