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who stretched open their eyelids by fixing a piece of 
straw^ or stiff grass, perpendicularly across the eye, so 
as to force open the lids in a most frightful manner. 
Tupaurupauru, a kind of blind-man’s-buff, Yras also a 
favourite juvenile sport. 
They were very fond of the tahoro, or swing, and 
frequently suspended a rope from the branch of a 
lofty tree, and spent hours in swinging backwards 
and forwards. They used the rope singly, and at the 
lower end fastened a short stick, which was thus sus¬ 
pended in a horizontal position; upon this stick they 
sat, and, holding by the rope, were drawn or pushed 
backwards and forwards by their companions. Walking 
The Tahitian Swing, 
in stilts was also a favourite amusement with the 
youth of both sexes. The stilts were formed by nature, 
and generally consisted of the straight branches of a 
tree, with a smaller branch projecting on one side. Their 
