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of the feather deities. It was completely covered with foliag'e. Then all the deities and 

 the priests and the chiefs came down, shouting their praises to god. And a man, in a 

 high-pitched voice, called out, "E Kuaimi. c Kiiaiint;"'^ the people from front to rear 

 responding, "Mil, e kiiazva, c kiiawa, zi'a. c kn ivan a lanakila no.'"'" Thus shouted all the 

 ]ieople along the line, their voices being raised as commanded by the priest on this occa- 

 sion of moving the oliia god. 



As they came down no fire was to be lighted this day. It was strictly forbidden. 

 Until the ohia god reached the front of the temple, fires should not be lighted by the peo- 

 ])le. And when they reached the temple they prayed to the ohia god. And after these 

 things came to pass the feather deities, and the chiefs and all the people returned to 

 their places, while the keepers of the feather deities sang praises to them, making loud 

 noises with the beating of the drums, all giving praises to the feather deities. And 

 when these things ended towards evening, a priest came to ofifer the ohia god roasted ba- 

 nana, with a short prayer in sacrifice, and ended. 



And when it was night the king gave aid" to two priests ; these were the i)riests 

 who preceded the king and the one who had charge of the lama leaves. He (the king) 

 commanded a man to take two chickens to the priests for their support. And when it 

 was quite dark, the king commanded the man to "Go and caution the people everywhere, 

 and tell them to keep quiet and not make any noise, and not light any fires this night." 



On the morrow the priest who preceded the king came to report to him on the suc- 

 cessful i)rogress of his official duties, saying: Listen: "I performed my services to the 

 god last night, and the night has indicated approval of you, and the god declares that you 

 will become prosperous. You have seen how excellent the night of your god has been; 

 the hea\'en was clear, unmarred by clouds. \\'hen you shall have become rich take care 

 of me." 



After these words the king commanded that the temple must be thatched this 

 vcr_\' day. Three were thus finished and of large size. And the king ordered all the 

 people to come to praw The people came with the feather gods. The priests seated all 

 the peoi)le in double rows of eight, and all the idols were placed in rows also. The high 

 priest, who wore a great white girdle, arose, seized a bunch of icic ferns, and waving it, 

 offered it to the deities Kunuiakea, Lononuiakea, Kanenuiakea, Kanaloanuiakea and 

 Kukaohialaka. After serving the deities, the priest prayed to his priestly ancestral gods, 

 performing the works this day in the same manner that his ancestors had done. The an- 

 cient rites were thus observed by him this dav. 



After he had offered prayers all the priests then arose, praying to god and chant- 

 ing praises before the feather deities. This was a great day for invocations, a memor- 

 able day for the high priest, and all the supporting chiefs ; they all were honored. And 

 when the time neared that the priest had commanded them, the people lifted up the 

 feather idols, standing on the upjier side for some time. After a while the ])riest 

 ordered them to move with the iddls to the lower side, which thev did, standing in that 

 place for a long while. 



^'Expressions of preparation for effort. "Kauo in the sense used here was a sustenance for 



"Response of readiness until victory is won. t'le priests during the night services in hand, rather 



than a support. 



