selves with _riddles_, of which
the following are a specimen:--

"1. A man who continues standing out of doors with a burden on his
back.--_Explanation._ A banana tree, with a bunch of bananas.

"2. There are twenty brothers, each with a hat on his
head.--_Explan._ A man's fingers and toes; the nails of which are
represented as hats.

"3. A man who stands between two ravenous fish.--_Explan._ The
tongue, as being placed between the teeth of the upper and lower
jaws.

"4. There are four brothers, who are always bearing about their
father.--_Explan._ The Samoan pillow, formed by four legs and a
bamboo; the legs being the four brothers, the bamboo the father.

"5. There is a man who calls out continually day and
night.--_Explan._ The surf on the reef, which never rests.

"6. There is a man who, when he leaves the bush, is very little;
but when he has reached the sea-shore, becomes very
great.--_Explan._ The bark of the paper-mulberry, which, when first
taken off the wood, is very narrow; but, when beaten out to make
the native cloth, becomes very broad.

"7. A man who has a white head stands above the fence, and reaches
to the heavens.--_Explan._ The smoke rising from the oven.

"8. The person who sleeps on a bed of whales' teeth.--_Explan._ A
fowl sitting on her eggs.

"9. Many brothers, but only one intestine.--_Explan._ A string of
beads. The beads being the brothers, and the string the intestine.

"10. A long house with one post.--_Explan._ The nose; the septum
being the post."

They had also games at _rhyming_. One party would choose the names of
trees and another the names of men. Those who sided with the trees
would say: "There is the _Fau_ tree, tell us a name which will rhyme
with it." The reply would perhaps be _Tulifau_.

Again, there is the _Toa_, and the other party would reply
_Tuisamoa_. And so on they went till one party had exhausted all the
names they could think of, owned the defeat, and paid the forfeit.

In a similar game one party would name a bird or beast, and the other
a fish with a corresponding rhyme. For example, for the birds:

Lupe, they would give the name of the fish, Une.
Ngongo, Do. do. do. Alongo.
Tiotala, Do. do. do. Ngatala.

Here, too, there was a forfeit if beaten. They had _trippi