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but twelve lunations, and now and then intercalate a thirteenth 

 month, in order to keep the folar and lunar year in harmony ; 



r 



how often they do this, I pretend not to fay. The names of 

 the months are fubjoined for the fatisfac^ion of my readers. 



I. 



2. 



3 



4 



5- 

 6. 



7- 



8. 



9 



10. 



II. 



12. 



13 



0-porore-o-mo6a. ^ 

 O-porore-o-mobree. 



Mooreha. 



March 



Oohee-eiya. 



Hooree-ama. (owhifree-ama) 



Taowa. 



Hooree-erre-erre. (owhirree-erre-erre) 



O-Te-aree 



April. 



May. 



June. 

 July. 



Augufl. 



September 



Odober. 



O-Te-tai. 



November. 



Warehoo. (Owarahew. Hawkefworth,v.ii. p. 168) December 



- - January. 



-» « * ^ - February. 



Wae-ahou. 



Pipirree. 



A-00-noonoo, 



m 



)m 



Each 



* Some of the months have names, whofc figmfication is known ; df the reft I can give 



BO account. i Oporore-o-moda^ fignlfies the jfr/? hunger or ^antl 2 Oporore o-mc6rec 

 has the lignification of the taft hunger ; the foregoing oblervation on the fcarcity of the bread- \ 

 fruit about the time of its maturity, when it is plucked in quantities for making the mahee 



of thefe two months. The 



fourth] 



or 



names 



