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dess ; women with sinful mouths'" shall not live before you ; they die at the hands of 

 ^'our goddess."" And when the priest had ended these words they went on the outside in 

 accordance with the duties of the priest of Papa. Then all the people came together with 

 all the chiefs and the ];)riests. before the priest of the House of Papa, who would release 

 them from service and from the temple. The king then commanded his overseer to fur- 

 nish dogs for his goddess — about forty of them — together with chickens. And when 

 these things were brought and placed together the priest waved a short spear (or jave- 

 lin ) and sat down. Then the king commanded the priest of the House of Papa, "Get me 

 the sash belonging to my wife, and her pig gift to the deity." The priest went to fetch 

 the queen. On her accompanying him he held one end of the sash belonging to her in one 

 hand and the pig in the other hand, while she held the other end of the sash behind the 

 priest, who was chanting a ]jrayer. The peoi)le gazed earnestlv upon her. She had 

 fastened a white garment (pan) around her waist. And when they came near to the 

 goddess the priest ceased praying ; the queen then offered the sash and the pig to the god- 

 dess, saying: "Here is thy sash and thy pig. My husband and I will be safe in thee, O 

 goddess. Give us a boy child, a beautiful image of yourself; otherwise a girl child, a 

 pillar of white for yourself, O goddess. It is finished." 



Then came certain ])rophets to worship their goddess. Some for Pele, others for 

 Hiiaka, Kapo, Pua and Kamohoalii. There were many prophets who came this day be- 

 fore the king"s goddess, where they, ever}^ one of them, offered sacrifices of goods, pigs, 

 chickens, and sashes, and all other things, saying: "Here are the pigs, the chickens, and 

 the sashes, gifts from us to thee. Save thou thy offspring; let us be strong before thee, 

 and let the chiefs sustain us before them ; and wilt thou see that we are forgiven on the 

 clay that we seek pardon."' They then ceased their petitions and went away. The priest 

 of the House of Papa then arose, waved the fire stick, sat down and prayed to the god- 

 desses. The fires were then started for broiling dogs and chickens ; these were brought 

 together in the presence of the g-oddesses. Then the king offered the broiled dogs and 

 chickens. The priest of the House of Papa then exclaimed in a loud voice over the 

 people, saying: "Elicli."'''' The people then responded "Kapii. EUeli. Noa ia c. iiolio 

 miia."'"' 



The tem])le was then cjuite free from kapit, and the king and priest came in touch 

 w ilh woman and with all the people. This was the eighth time that the king was un- 

 der restriction in the temple, and he was now free. Thus the king and priest encour- 

 aged the worship of such false deities. These gods never uttered one word to the king 

 and the priest, during all the time they were in the temple, when they off'ered their goods 

 as sacrifices. The deities did not do anything for them. They themselves sang praises 

 to the images ; they themselves extolled the deities ; they did not receive any happiness 

 from serving them. Their happiness was not from serving them, but from their own 

 imaginations. They were inflated with their own ])ride without any idea that it was 

 only oi)pression. They thought, however, that the tenij^le was a necessity. 



Then all the chiefs went to their places to worship their gods, as a sequel to the 



""ll'uha hczva mat h.ns reference to tattling, backbiting "Elicli, a closing phrase of prayers, which may bo 



gossips. nnderstood to mean entirely, profimiidly, completed, etc. 



"'Nolio iiiua, sit down front. 



