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AMUSEMENTS. 
a child, joining in the pursuit of an unfortunate white 
butterfly, which we called a Frenchman ; and in after years, 
in France, being much struck by seeing a number of 
children knock down a red butterfly, a poor queen of the 
meadows, with the cry, down with the English, down with 
the English, but this is not so remarkable as finding games 
and pursuits of children similar to our own in such lone 
islands of the southern hemisphere as New Zealand. 
Te Kahu , or He manu waka-tuku-tuku. He pakau. — The 
first game presenting this similarity, is that of flying the 
kite, and it is remarkable that their name appears to be drawn 
from the same object as ours : the kite is the old term for 
the hawk, and the name kahu is also that for the same kind 
of predaceous bird hovering over its quarry, from whence 
doubtless the identity of thought arose ; their figure, though 
differing from ours, is generally a rough imitation of the 
bird, with its great outspread wings ; these kites are fre- 
quently made of large dimensions from raupo leaves, a kind 
of sedge, neatly sewn together, and kept in shape by a 
slight frame- work ; the string is most expeditiously formed, 
and lengthened at pleasure, being merely the split leaves of 
the flax plant : this is a very favourite amusement. 
He poro.—He potaka. — He kaihora. — He kaihotaka— The 
whipping-top, is another game which is played in every part 
of the island ; the top used is more of a cone, and of less 
