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a quantity of blood, which at once afforded the native great relief. 
He soon afterwards returned to Ambau, where he related the circum- 
stances to his friends. Inthe course of a few days several large double 
canoes arrived at Levuka from Ambau, and some of the people pro- 
ceeded to David Whippy’s house, informing him that they had come 
to be bled, and that there were a number with them on the same 
errand. Whippy endeavoured to dissuade them, as they were all ’ 
stout-looking fellows. He told them it would do them more harm than 
good, and that they did not require it; but all he could say was of no 
avail; they had come from Ambau to be bled, and bled they would be. 
Finding all his remonstrances fruitless, the old sheath-knife was again 
put into requisition, and the next morning the one hundred and fifty 
Ambau men returned to Ambau, having each left behind him a tin pot 
of blood. Many of the natives, since then, have become bleeders, but 
occasionally a canoe still arrives from Ambau, with subjects to un- 
dergo the operation by Whippy. 
While young, both sexes indulge in a variety of amusements. 
Among the girls, the sports, are: vimoli, which is a species of legerde- 
main performed by keeping five or six oranges circling around the 
head; garali, similar to our hide and seek; libigilla, or forfeits, in 
which there are two parties, one of which wraps a girl in a mat, and 
carries her to the other, who is to guess her name; if the guess be not 
correct, yams and taro must be paid for a treat. Meke (dancing) is 
also a favourite amusement. For instruction in this there are regular 
dancing-masters and mistresses, who are much esteemed, and receive 
high prices for their services. ‘Those who can invent new figures are 
most in request. ‘The performers in the common dance (nuka i ndina) 
are generally girls, from ten to fifteen years of age. These arrange 
themselves in a line, in a place selected for the purpose, which is usually 
a green in the village. One of them acts as leader, and stands in the 
middle of the line, a little in advance of the rest. The feet of the per- 
formers are seldom moved from the place, and the dance consists alto- 
gether of movements of the body, bowing, twisting, writhing, from side 
to side, and backwards or forwards. All join in a song, and, towards 
the close, arrange themselves in a semicircle, when the dance is brought 
to a conclusion by a simultaneous clap of the hands. 
The boys have a game which is played with sticks. One is set in 
the ground, and another, sharpened at the point, is thrown at it; the 
first person who succeeds in striking it, wins. They have also the 
game of hide and seek, and another called vitaki, which consists in 
throwing a stick from a hollow reed. He who throws farthest is the 
winner. Men of two different towns also play this game in parties. 
