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balanced by wide blades ornamented with outlined faces. Used in the ancient canoes in a similar manner to that practised by the Indians of America. (Plate LII, fig. 3.)
   Ancient scull oars -Called Mata Kao. Angular float of peculiar shape and unique design attached to a long handle. Used for steering and sculling very large canoes. Very old and highly prized by the islanders as the only specimen of the scull-oar used by their ancestors. (Plate LIX)
   Human skulls.-Called Puoko Iri. An examination of these skulls shows very little difference between the crania of the present people and those found in the most ancient tombs. Three specimens obtained from the King's platform have hieroglyphics engraved upon them, which signify the clan to which they belonged. (Plate L.)
   Native cloth.-Called Hami Nua. Made of the inner bark of the hibiscus and paper-mulberry trees. The manufacture of the "tappa" has now ceased altogether. (Plate LI, fig. 7.)
   Tattooing implements.-Called Ta Kona. Tools used for puncturing the skin. Made of bird bones.
   Needles.-Called Iri. Both bone and wooden needles used for sewing tappa cloth, and other varieties for knitting meshes of nets. (Plate LX, fig. l.)
   Fetish stones.-Called Atua Mangaro. A collection obtained by digging beneath the door-posts of the ancient dwellings. The majority are simply beach pepples; others have been formed by rubbing; and one is a triangular-shaped stone with a face outlined upon it. These were placed beneath the houses, with much ceremony, and were supposed to ward off evil influences. (Plate LX, fig. 2.)
   Neck ornaments.-Called Hoko Ngao. Carved wood in fanciful designs worn during the dance.
   Pigments.-Called Penetuli. Natural paints used by being ground down in the heated juice of the sugar cane.
   Frescoed slabs.-Taken from the inner walls and ceilings of the stone houses at Orongo. (Plate XXIII.)
   Fetish stones.-Buried under the cornerstones of the houses.

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