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taken back by way of Leleo to Liliha street, thence mountainvvard until Peleula on the 

 seaward side was passed, thence to Kaalaa,'' thence ag-ain seaward to Peleula; then it 

 would be well. 



14. OF THE DIVINER PRIEST. 



A diviner priest was a verv sacred person and would not enter a house that he had 

 passed judgment upon, althou,s;h the restriction was not on the owner of the house but 

 upon himself, for it is customary that houses which were restricted should be released 

 from the ban by supplication to the gods of the i)riesthood. And if the priest who made 

 the prediction entered the house that he had adjudged, he would die immediately after 

 praying to the gods of the priesthood; he would die suddenly in one or two days after 

 entering the house, because the house was held under the prayers of the priesthood. 

 l<"or that reason the diviner ])riest is himself restricted from entering a house that he 

 had passed judgment upon. 



The entry of a house by a priest. Should a diviner ]3riest enter a house and no- 

 tice that it was defective, he would remark on the defects of the house he had noticed, 

 then the owner of the house would tell the priest to remove [such defects]. And if an- 

 other diviner priest entered the house without knowledge of what had been done by the 

 other diviner priest through prayers of the priesthood; and if he noticed the same defects 

 referred to by the other and remarked that "the house is defective", this jM^iest would soon 

 surely die. 



15. THINGS TO DO ON A CONDEMNED HOUSE. 



A house which was seen to be defective, as mentioned in former numbers about 

 priesthood, the priest should come and exercise in his official capacity. 



Things to do. It was the duty of the diviner jiriest to cleanse the inside of the house 

 with the fire"* of the order of the priesthood at the same time, kuapaa, iiiakaa (species 

 of small fish), and banana ])lants were brought. The diviner priest was to prepare every- 

 thing brought for cleansing the house. Pigs and chickens were roasted as a sacrifice to 

 the god of the order. The priest, however, must perform some significant ceremonies 

 upon the pigs and chickens before preparing and roasting them. And all these things 

 done for the house were for the purpose of cleansing it by \-irtue of the power of the god 

 of the order of priesthood. 



DIVINING OMENS CY THE CLOUDS. 



This was one of the most ])r()found accomplishments of a diviner ])ricst because he 

 could foresee the fortunes to be obtained in coming days, and also the death of a king and 

 the apiM'oach of war. By the omens in the clouds could be foreseen the a|)i)roaching 

 stranger. If the omens in the clouds were observed in the evening he would prophesy the 

 things that he saw and some day it would come to be fulfilled. 



"Kaalaa, a small tract of land, at ciitrance of Pauoa "This cleansing fire of the priest was rather the cere- 



valley, monies incident to the offerings which required fire in 



their preparation. 



