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his hands over those of No. 1 — i.e., stroking the back of them 

 towards himself, and repeating this : — 



Hukea, hukea, 

 Te hapi papaku 

 Ma to kuia 

 Ma Whare-rau-roa. 

 Kia hoki mai 

 I te kohi tawa 

 Kinikini raupaka 

 Te hoia to taringa 

 He kapi kurnara 

 He hapi taro 

 He hapi kereru 

 He hapi Koko 

 He hapi kaka. 



Child No. 1 asks, " Na ivai koe i tono mai ? " 



Child No. 2 replies, " Na Pitau." 



Child No. 1 asks, " Pitau whea ? " 



Child No. 2 replies, " Pitau toro." 



Child No. 1 asks, " Toro hea 9 " 



Child No. 2 replies, " Toro tat." 



Child No. 1 asks, " Tai whea ? " 



Child No. 2 replies, " Tai matua." 



Child No. 1 asks, " Matua wera ? " 



Child No. 2 replies, "He ahi." 



Child No. 1 asks, " Pi koko 9" 



Child No. 2 asks, " Me aha koia ? " 



Child No. 1 replies either "Me xvhakaora " or "Me patu." 



Should the first of these replies, meaning " Spare him," 

 be given by No. 1, he will receive a light box on the ear. 

 Should the second answer, meaning " Strike him," be given, 

 he will then be spared the blow. 



Child No. 2 then takes the hands of No. 1, which are still 

 pressed together, and bends the two thumbs away from the 

 fingers, saying, "He hapi kumara." He then pushes the 

 two forefingers over against the thumbs, saying, " He hapi 

 taro." And so on until all the pairs of fingers are pushed 

 over and are thus close together again. No. 1 then opens his 

 hands in cup form, into which No. 2 darts an extended, thumb 

 and forefinger, as if hastily picking something out of the hol- 

 lowed hands. Meanwhile No. 1 tries to catch the hand of 

 No. 2 as it is thus darted. When so caught the game is ended. 



Kura-winiwini . 

 In this game a string is used, one end of which is held in 

 the mouth of one of the players, who are seated in double 

 lines facing each other. Tne string passes down between the 

 two lines, and each player on either side grasps it with both 

 hands, thus the string is hidden from sight. The game lies in 

 guessing where the free end of the string is, and in carefully 



