the air, and as the child ran it waved its arms as though they
were wings. She threw the hawk in the same way, and it
followed the dove.

She then clapped her hands as the Chinese do to bring
their pet birds to them, and the dove if not caught, returned
to the cage. This is a very pretty game for little children.

By this time the girls were all rested and our little friend
said:

"Seek for gold."

Three or four of the girls gathered up some pebbles,
squatted down in a group and scattered them as they would
a lot of jackstones. Then one drew her finger between two
of the stones and snapped one against the other. If she hit
it the two were taken up and put aside.

She then drew her finger between two more and snapped them.

If she missed, another girl took up what were left,
scattered them, snapped them, took them up, and so on until one
or another got the most of the pebbles and thus won the game.
Our little friend was reminded of another and she called out:

"The cow 's eye."

Immediately the girls all sat down in a ring and put their feet
together in the centre. Then one of their number repeated the