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SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
celebrated by various games, and a strict Tabu was observed 
while they lasted. The year is sacred, and is called Maee. 
Now it is curious that Captain King saw a polished idol 
called Maee, of unusually good workmanship, resting on 
the toes and fingers, and having about it thirteen small 
idols representing inferior Etooas or spirits ; these probably 
were designed for the thirteen months of which the year 
was composed. There was besides another name for the 
year, seldom pronounced by profane lips; it was Tettow- 
mattatayo. The Hawaiian language has distinct names for 
the nights of the moon, and time is counted by nights in¬ 
stead of days. The Sandwich Islanders reckon by forties, 
or, as we may say, double scores: they call forty, teneha; 
ten tenehas is a lau; ten lau, a manu; ten maim, a kini; 
ten kini, a lehu; ten lehu, a nurwanee; ten nurwanee, 
one pao 
The disposal of the dead has, among most nations, been 
connected with religion ; and it is a natural and tender super- 
* Ellis, in his Appendix, says, that the Islanders only count as far as the 
kini; the above farther denominations were given by Kuanoa, the treasurer, 
who accompanied Tamehameha II. to England. The numbers are as follow: 
One, 
Akahi. 
Six, 
Aono. 
Two, 
Arua. 
Seven, 
Ahitu. 
Three, 
Akoru. 
Eight, 
Avaru. 
Four, 
Ahaa. 
Nine, 
Aiva. 
Five, 
Arima. 
Ten, 
Umi. 
