GAME WITH AUEKA-NUTS. 



tlie ttsf^eeding rapidity of tlieir motions, and 

 (jsca]>c, on the slii^litrst niovrnu-nt or noisp 

 made, iuto their subterraneous dwellings in the 

 sand. The body and feet of the animal tote 

 hhMt Mmkf miS^ n few wMte marks a^s$, and 

 tlu- la roe daw id of alight or occasional dfiark^ 

 red colour. The natives call tliem Bkmr/, po. 

 They are seen iu great numbers about the pools, 

 but are not eaten by the natives. I procured 

 n&reri^l which I pii^w^ itt spMts* 



On beitig placed in strong rum, they survived 

 for the space of full three minutes ; and if more 

 tlian one was placed in the same bottle, they 

 would fight and pull the claws off eacli otlier iu 

 tjietr dieath agonies. 



Bm^t ^ tillage, mvmi boyt w^b playiug 



a game with Areka-nnts, called Mehi-achu, in 

 some degree resembling our game at marbles. 

 Four nuts w^cre piled up in form of a pyramid, 

 twelve sucli forming a row ; a nut was then 

 Bllipped off ^th d«gm <sf toe ip^t 

 the heaps, a di^ance of about ihl!^ j^ds. 

 [f the thrower succeeds in destroying <me oltha 

 pyramids, he renews his throw at the others, 

 cdways at the distance where his nut renuuned, 

 ntid} mh&&s^ when ihe next player tak^s his 

 tiimi tt^ gw^<» ibm cmlimi^g unlit tiie 

 pynunids nrc thrown down. 



