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all within; in the sixth it climbs up and out, and in the seventh it 

 rests upon the top of the hills that stand as a wall and iuc4ose as a 

 lodge the abode of the people. In the eighth verse the ray returns to 

 the sun, having aceomplislied its task. 



'I'liis is the only song in the ceremony whieh is in the form of a 

 chant. 



CHANT-i 



Part II. Day Sdnos 

 l>i(i(jra)ii (if Time 



Hlii/tliiiiic Hf'iiditi'in 



I 



Now bphdlil; hither comes the ray of oiir father .Sim: it cometli over all the land, 

 jiasseth iu the lodge, us to tcnich, and give ns strength. 



II 



Ni )w 1 ieh( )ld , where alights the ray i if our father Sim : it ti niches lightly mi the rini. 

 the place above the fire, whence the smoke ascends on high. 



Ill 



Now behold; softly creeps the ray of our father .Sun: now o"er the rim it creeps 

 to ITS. climbs down within the lodge; climbing downi, it comes to us. 



IV 



Now behold; nearer comes the ray of our father Sun; it reaches now the floor and 

 moves within the open space, walking there, the lodge aV)Out.'' 



Now behold where has passed the ray of our father Sun: around the lodge the ray 

 has passed and left its blessing there, touching us. each one of us. 



\l 



Now liehold: softly climbs tne ray of our father Sun: it upward climbs, and o'er 

 the rim it passes from the jilace whence the smoke ascends on high. 



VII 



Now lieliold on the hills the ray of our father Sun: it lingers there as loath to go. 

 while all the plain is dark. Now lias gone the ray from us. 



VIII 



Now l)ehold; lost to us the ray of our father Sun: beyond our sight the ray has 

 gone, returning to the place whence it came to bring us strength. 



Between the fifth and sixth verses of the chant two songs had 

 place. The first eompares the noise and bustle of the coming of the 

 Hako party to the alighting of a flock of binls. The significance of 

 a flock is given iu the fifteenth ritual. 



In the first stanza of the second song the Father expresses his thank- 



« Music ou page i;i5. ^ Here the Hako are laid at rest. 



