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of the circle, where they must be arranged so as to touch each 

 other ; the right hand then darts back to catch the descending 

 hai, which it again throws up, and the right hand snatches up 

 the three stones on the ground and then catches among them 

 the descending hai , thus the right hand now holds all four 

 stones. All motions of the koropu are performed by the 

 right hand. 



The final performance is the ruru. Three stones are laid 

 on the ground ; the hai is thrown up, then another stone is 

 snatched and thrown up, then the descending hai is caught 

 and thrown up again, then another stone is clutched from 

 the ground and cast up, then the second stone is caught and 

 thrown up again, then the hai, and so on until all the four 

 are in use. But the hai must always be caught in the right 

 hand and the other stones in the left. 



When the common stones are lying on the ground together 

 they touch each other, and the operator must be very careful 

 in taking one away to throw up, for if he causes the other 

 stone or stones to move in so doing, then he falls out of the 

 game and another operator takes his place. It is quite a trial 

 for the eye and hand to watch the descending stones so as 

 not to miss catching same, and at the same time to take up 

 one of the stones on the ground without causing any of the 

 others which are in contact with it to move. 



" When other villages hear that we a.re adepts at this game 

 they will send a party over to challenge us to a game, and 

 then interest runs high. Young men would always be eager 

 to excel in games of all kinds, because they would then be 

 admired by the girls." 



The term " rehia," mentioned above, is now practically 

 obsolete, and must be sought for in song and tradition. It is 

 met with in Mr. Wnite's volumes, and also occurs in the 

 following : — 



A Lament composed by Te Hou (Pari only). 



Ka riro i aku tarnariki 



Kai te rebia, kai te harakoa kari hika 



Ko au auake i mahue nei 



Hai tiaki pa ki Hiwarau ra 



He keho koia e te ngutu poto 



E whakaheke ra e te oi kau 



Kei parea ki O-tarana 



Kei niapu noa niai e tohe. 



The seeker after the lore of the ivJiare tapere will find some 

 notes on the subject in the Eev. E. Taylor's "Te Ika a Maui." 



Rati. — We will now cease, inasmuch as we have exhausted 

 our stock of notes anent the diversions of the ivhare tapere, as 

 obtained from the denizens of Tuhoeland. It remains for the 

 compilers of the future to pick up the broken threads and 



