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pillars (the number varies from 3 to 12) are built near 

 each «>t her in a row, or in half a circle. The player 

 stands at about 30 yards from the pillars, but with 

 his back or side to them, and tries, by throwing a 

 stone from behind, to knock the pillars down. Two 

 others place themselves between the pillars and the 

 player, one on each side, but a few yards from the 

 direct line between the player and the pillars, and 

 with stones endeavour to strike the stone thrown 

 by the player on its passage from him to the pillars. 

 This they frequently succeed in doing. 



Throwing the tinika, or reed, is practised in the 

 village Mara (square), or on a piece of ground 

 smoothed for the purpose. The tinika is an oval- 

 shaped piece of heavy wood, about 4 inches long 

 and 2 inches in diameter at the thickest part. A 

 reed or cane about 3 feet long is inserted at the small 

 end, and the game is who will throw or shoot it 

 farthest. The thrower, balancing the reed as in 

 throwing a spear, — his arm stretched at full length, 

 steps backward a few paces, then rushing forward 

 gii i - the throw the weight of his body as well as his 

 strength of arm, and shoots the reed straight out with 

 meat force to a distance of over 300 yards, in- 

 cluding the distance which the reed skims along the 

 ground. 



Returning to Levuka the steamer called at the 

 island of Mokogai, on which cocoa-nuts are well re- 

 presented, and nearly all parts of which could be 

 turned into proves of this useful and valuable tree. 

 Copra is extensively made there, and there is also 

 " plan! ' for extracting fibre from the husk of the nuts. 

 Rheep arc bred iu the island, and several good flocks 

 <f tin in w.re seen grazing on the hills. 



