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to remove it to the Leeward Islands^ nearly one hundred 
miles distant, and accordingly began their operations, 
but had scarcely detached it from the main land, when 
the dawn of day discovered their proceedings, and obliged 
them to leave it where it now stands, forming the two 
bays already named. An aperture in the upper part of a 
mountain near Afareaitu, which appears from the lowland 
like a hole made by a cannon-ball, but which is eight 
or nine feet in diameter, is said to have been made by 
the passage of a spear, hurled by one of these super¬ 
natural beings. 
Amusement was in part the business of a Tahitian’s 
life ‘y and with their games, as well as with every other 
institution, idolatry was connected. Many were called 
sacred games, and over almost every one, the gods were 
supposed to exercise a control, though -the people do 
not appear to have been such ancient gamblers as the 
Hawaiians were. Five or six gods were imagined to 
preside over the upaupa, or games, of which Uratae- 
tae was one of the principal. 
The most benevolent of their gods were Roo or Tane, 
Temaru, Feimata, and Teruharuhatai. These were in¬ 
voked by the tahua faatere, or expelling priests; and 
were supposed to exert their influence in restraining the 
effects of sorcery, or expelling the evil spirits, which, 
from the incantations of the sorcerer, had entered the 
sufferer. They had also patron deities of the healing 
art. Tama and Tetuahuruhuru were the gods of sur¬ 
gery ; and their assistance was implored in reducing 
dislocations, healing fractures, bruises, &c.; while Oititi, 
or Rearea, was their Esculapius or god of physic. 
In addition to these, were gods who presided over 
the mechanic arts. The first was Oihanu or Ofanu, 
