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placed at the north end of the diagonal meal line and the two masJia- 

 ata by its sides. Again screeching way off, Talaskwaptiwa answering 

 with his bone whistle and the women saying " Yu/jyaa'^ (come in). 

 Screeching nearer by, and the same answer; then he threw down the 

 balls, again '■^ AskwaW" by the women, whereupon he came in, 

 sprinkled a little meal on tray, mashaata and the diagonal line (in '94 

 Loliilomai also sprinkled meal on Koy6nainiwa's paraphernalia), squat- 

 ted down, screeched, waved the mashaata as before, got up to dance 

 and another song was then commenced to which he stepped time, 

 waving the mashaata up and down in unison with the rattling and the 

 music, every once in a while ejecting screeching sounds. Thus he 

 slowly followed the line from Talaskwaptiwa southward. Reaching 

 the tokwi at the terminus of the meal line, he jumped over it eastward 

 then back westward, then again eastward, and then followed slowly 

 the line eastward. Reaching the east tokwi, he jumped over it east, 

 back west and again eastward. Then he worked his way back to the 

 starting point near Talaskwaptiwa, when the song stopped and the 

 women said ' ' Askwali. " Talahoyoma again screeched, waved his hands 

 as when a bird attempts to fly and then another song was struck up, 

 to which Talahoyoma kept step, facing the north. Turned south, 

 screeched, waved his hand and turned north again and danced as 

 before. Turned south again, screeched, waved his hands as before, 

 and with a sweeping downward motion of both hands picked up the 

 mashaata on the east side of the tray, turned north again and then south 

 as before, and grasped with the same downward motion the other 

 mashaata; turned north again, danced, turned south, waved his hands 

 again, turned north as before, then south again, screeched, waved 

 his hands, turned north again, then south and then picked up with 

 both hands the old tray, turning quickly to the north. Again to the 

 south he whirls the right hand mashaata upward and around, then 

 after a silent period of dancing he turned north again. This latter 

 he did four times, twirling the mashaata once the first, twice the sec- 

 ond, three times the third and four times the fourth time, putting 

 down the tray the fourth time. The two mashaata he thrust within 

 his belt in front. (See PI. XIV.) Some one had about this time 

 quietly placed a bow on the west, an arrow on the east side of the 

 tray. 



In a little while he screeched again, flopped his empty hands up 

 and down and turned northward. Repeated that and then grasped 

 with his left hand the bow lying before him. Singing was going on 

 all the time to which he stepped time in a very rapid trampling 

 manner. Turning southward again he waved his hands as before and 



