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both of which was cast a pinch of meal without halting, the line con- 

 tinuing its march on past the kisi to the east end of the plaza, where 

 they again turned to the north and to the west, and again described the 

 circuit, only of smaller extent, but passing both shrines and the kisi, 

 where the performance already described was again repeated, and so 

 likewise the third circuit was completed, smaller than the second, and 

 the fourth circuit still smaller, when they lined up in front of the kisi 

 facing the north. As the line was now formed the chief priest was at 

 the south end with Lomawungyai just in front of the kisi, with the 

 smallest and youngest priest at the north end of the line. They now 

 began to shake their rattles. At this time the chief priest held his 

 tiponi in his left hand and his rattle in his right, with Shakventiwa 

 holding the other tiponi in his left hand, and a rattle in his right. 

 Sikanakpu held the medicine bowl in his left hand and in his right the 

 aspergil. 



In the meantime the Snake priests had finished their prepara- 

 tion, each one taking up in the right hand a snake whip and a small 

 buckskin meal bag which they took in the left hand. They now filed 

 out of the kiva with Lomanakshu in the lead. As soon as he had 

 gained the summit of the kiva he removed the Snake aodinaisi ixom 

 its position (see PI. XCIX, d) and now held it in his hand. The 

 assistant chief Snake priest immediately on gaining exit from the kiva 

 went over to the Antelope kiva and there removed the Antelope aoiit- 

 natsi from its position. As rapidly as the Snake priests emerged they 

 formed 1 1 line, for a moment shaking their snake whips with a short 

 quick motion in front of them, the arm hanging almost rigid at the 

 side of the body. 



They then began the march to the main plaza, where they 

 entered at the southeast corner as had the Antelope priests, where- 

 upon they passed by, toward the north, passing the Tiwanapvi and 

 Banhopi shrines, dropping on each one of them a pinch of meal, and 

 so on up to the north end plaza, where they turned west, and 

 straight back for the southern end, passing as they did so the line of the 

 Antelope priests and stamping violently with the left foot upon the 

 sipapu, upon which they also sprinkled meal. Then they also made a 

 constantly diminishing circuit of the kiva for three and one-half 

 times, halting as they turned toward the north on the last circuit, in 

 line and in front of and facing the Antelope priests with the head of 

 the Snake line opposite the lowest end of the Antelope line. Thus 

 the two priests were at diagonally opposite ends of the two lines. 

 The Snake priests now in position, the Antelopes continued rattling 

 for about a minute. Then the Antelope priests shook their rattles 



