ULUMAIKA. 



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I know of no other sub-civilized people who have adopted this ingenious conception. 

 Specimens ^are no longer common. The stone is a sort of basanite, quite as com- 

 pact as the phonolite used for adzes, and it is of a uniformly dark color in all the 

 examples noted. It is supposed to come from the uplands of Maunakea on Hawaii. 



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FIG. 66. H.VW.MIAN STONE MIRRORS. 



Ulumaika. — Made much in the same way but for a very different purpose are 



the Ulumaika stones. The game niaika was played with stone disks (or sometimes 



balls), called on Hawaii and Kauai ulu^ while on the intervening islands of the group, 



Maui and Oahu, ololiu was a more common designation. A full description of the game, 



which was a favorite one from Hawaii to Niihau, will come properly into the chapter 



on Amusements, but here it may be briefly stated that a smooth alle}^ or kaliiia fifty or 



sixty yards long was built as for bowls, and on this was played three forms of the 



game. The first was a competitive trial of strength in settling how far the stone could 



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