ROTH] GAMES, SPORTS, AND AMUSEMENTS 495 
ing up the rear, they will imitate the antics of the kibihi (raccoon) 
and of the wild hog. In the former case they keep repeating the 
following verse: 
“Nono yanchikuri weremai weremai weremai!” 
(dirt, earth looks for kibihi kibihi!) 
And in the latter, this one: 
“Werpawerpa yakuniau-wong kinaéku 
(hill, mountain to, at foot of food) 
yekaremai woi-yo woi-yo-wa pika-pika-wa.” 
(shows a certain bird a certain bird.) 
in reference to the belief that it is through the agency of these birds 
that the bush hog is enabled to find its food. Then there is another 
one about the bunia bird: 
“Terupa yapiapo tinotori tinotori terupa.” 
(seed-food eat upon bunia bunia seed-food.) 
When dancing the crab, the boys will all sit on their haunches in a 
ring, join hands, and in this position circle round to the right or left, 
at the same time singing: 
Telepo tutasamo ma-wai ma-wai 
(one-sided crawling crab crab.) 
Another interesting one is imitative of the Mountain Spirit, Kara- 
imba, when they will sing: 
“Se-ai epakaperka Kara-imba! Kara-imba !” 
(Cavern, hole, Come-out-of Mountain Spirit! Mountain Spirit!) 
The “Tiger” game is a very lengthy and laughable one, the 
creature being represented by the performer hopping around on 
both hands and one leg, the other leg held high to represent the 
tail: the accompanying song is “Kaikutchi moramang” (Tiger 
there!) Schomburgk describes a similar one from the Arekuna 
(SR, 1, 193). 
I am unable to recognize the meaning of the following pastime 
recorded by Brown from north of Enaco toward the upper Potaro, 
among the Patamona Indians: In the afternoon the youths and boys 
of the place played a game over which they made a good deal of 
noise and seemingly enjoyed. They formed a line across one of the 
wide approaches to the village, while one of the strongest of the num- 
ber made an effort to break through by rushing against it at his 
greatest speed. Any man who approached the village had likewise 
to break through before he could enter the place (BB, 195). 
612. Attention has been drawn to the clever manner in which the 
children on the Aiary modeled little figures of men and animals out 
of black wax, of which many examples are shown (KG, 1, 120). 
The same people, apparently trained to the use of the “brush” in 
painting their bodies, weapons, and mask-dance accoutrements, had 
little difficulty in making use of a pencil and sketching very various 
