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and another twirls the rope, while several jump over at the 
same time: it is also used by one person, the same as with us. 
He morere.—He mociri. —This is a lofty pole, generally 
erected near a river, from the top of which about a dozen 
ropes are attached; the parties who use it take hold of them, 
and swing round, going over the precipice, and, whilst doing so, 
sometimes let go, falling into the water ; occasionally serious 
accidents have thus occurred, by striking the bank. 
Te takaro ringaringa, or wrestling, was a very general 
amusement of young men, who prided themselves on their 
skill in throwing one another, as much, perhaps, as our own 
countrymen have ever done. 
Te para mako consisted in throwing sharp-pointed sticks 
at each other, and skilfully warding them off, by turning the 
body away when they saw the dart coming. Sometimes an 
unskilful person lost his life in playing this game. 
Te para , or para toitoi, was a more harmless game ; it 
consisted in throwing the reed-like stalks of the toitoi, blunted, 
at each other ; this was a boy’s game. 
Te taurumaki, variously called taururumaki or taurumaki- 
maki, is played in the water, and consists in one person trying 
to keep the other under the longest; one was frequently 
almost drowned by the other. 
Te teka, or neti, is a game played with fern stalks, which 
are darted to see who can throw them the furthest. 
He ti, or tii, is a game played with the fingers; also the 
komi-komi, which consisted in opening and shutting the thumbs 
and fingers. 
Th e puni puni is a game played with the fingers whilst the 
following words were sung :— 
Kci te wai nui, 
Kei te wai roa, 
Ka tangi te korora, kororo, 
Awhe te puni puni, 
Awhe te paro paro, 
Anohoanga. 
By the great water, 
By the long water, 
The seagull cries, the penguin, 
Where is the entering, 
Where is the closing, 
For the resting. 
If the fingers enter each other whilst these words are being 
uttered, the game is ended; if not, this is again repeated. 
