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AMUSEMENTS. 
Tutu kai .—A circle being formed, one takes a little stone, 
or anything else, in his hand, and then another repeats : 
Kura, kura, kura winiwini; 
Kura wanawana, ; 
Te wai atu, takukai nei; 
Ki te kai motiti, kite kai motata; 
Ka rere taua ki hea ? 
Ka rere taua ki pohou nui, 
Ki pohou roa, hei te koti, 
Hei te kota, toreti, toreta, 
Kai a wai. 
Listen, listen, where is the stone; 
Listen, in what hand is it hid ; 
Seek where it is hid; 
Seek for the stone. 
Where shall we go ? 
We will go to the many, 
To the multitude, 
To the Ti, to the Ta. 
Tell me, tell me, 
With whom is it to he found. 
A person then goes round the circle, and guesses in whose 
hand it is hid, each having his fist closed ; if he is right, the 
person who has the stone, takes his place, and goes round; if 
he is wrong, he continues until he discovers where it is hid. 
He waka pupuni, or piri, is the game of hide and seek ; it 
is very similar to our own. 
He poi .—This is a game played with an ornamented ball, 
causing it to revolve by a small string attached, and singing at 
the same time. The ball is often sent to a pa, and played as 
an invitation to join in a war expedition. 
He haka .—The dance was also a favourite amusement. 
There were various kinds, many of which were very indecent; 
some were only danced by females, others by men, but in 
general both sexes joined in this amusement. 
Te Ko kiri is an amusement of diving by closing the legs 
and arms, and then sinking in deep water, feet foremost. I 
have seen a native thus drop down over the side of the canoe 
to a great depth and pick up with his toes a tobacco pipe he 
had noticed at the bottom, using them as readily as his fingers. 
Te Ko kiri also is a jumping from a pole into deep water: 
before doing so the party says: — 
P ilin' p nlii rawa kite keriru; Flutter like pigeons’ feathers; 
Mekemea e kato ana, ko kiri And if the water be calm, dart down¬ 
wards. 
There was also the turupepe/ce, or tumbling head over heels ; 
the walking with stilts, pouturu ; the rourou, a game played 
