520 _ PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 
shells and tying the ends. The shells so utilised are the 
Cyprea subviridis (Reeve), Arca pilula (Reeve), and Strom- 
bus Campbellr (Gray). 
Serving a purpose similar to castanets are the bunches of 
singed, heated, or otherwise dried leaves attached to the 
shins, or shaken in the hands, of the dancers out in the 
N.W.-Central districts. 
Introduced Games.—There are a few games which have 
been introduced of late years amongst the natives through 
the agency of the missionaries, settlers, and _ others. 
Amongst such may be mentioned marbles, running races, 
high-jumping. throwing spears through a suspended hoop, 
the use of the skippmg-rope, &c. 
