BANDY—FOOT-BALL. 213 
In front of each canoe he paused, and addressed 
a short harangue to the warriors, and an uwbu, or 
invocation, to the gods. After this was ended, at 
a signal given, the whole fleet was in a moment 
launched upon the ocean, and pulled with rapi- 
dity and dexterity to a considerable distance from 
the shore, where the several varieties of their 
naval tactics were exhibited; after which, they 
returned in regular order, with precision, to 
the shore. : 
Many of their games were most laborious. One 
at which the men played, called apaz, or pazpai, 
resembled a sport in some parts denominated 
‘‘bandy.” A similar game, called palican, was 
formerly a frequent amusement among the abori- 
gines of South America, and those inhabiting the 
northern parts of the same continent, even as far 
as Canada. A ball is provided, and the players 
are furnished with sticks about three or four feet 
long, bent at one end; with these they strike the 
ball, each party endeavouring to send it beyond 
the boundary mark of their opponents. The ball 
is made with tough shreds of native cloth, tightly 
_knotted together. The sticks used by the Tahi- 
tians were rude and unpolished, just as they were 
cut from the tree; but those used by the inhabi- 
tants of the Southern Islands are made with the azto, 
or iron-wood, the handle wrought with great care, 
and sometimes curiously carved, while a round 
protuberance is formed at the lower end, which, 
being slightly curved, augments the force with 
which they strike the ball. 
The tuzraa, or foot-ball, is also a frequent game, 
followed more by the women than the men. Whole 
districts engaged in this amusement. In the 
former, they only struck the ball with a stick; in 
