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"Now, again, another thing; in the next place the animals whose 

 bodies he has put forth and which travel about from place to place, 

 they too in like manner differ among themselves; some are small in 

 size and travel about near om- bodies, some with outstretched wings 

 travel about just over oiu- heads from place to place, and in the next 

 place they make sounds, having fine voices; some have large bodies 

 and they severally travel about from place to place in the forest. 

 Now, then, we make rulable preparation and greet with thanksgiving 

 all those we have mentioned, and that he who formed our bodies 

 left us and them in one place; and that, then, is the reason that we 

 greet them repeatedly with thanksgiving that they, too, are severally 

 living peacefully. 



"Now, again, another thing; in the next place now this present 

 day, this time of day, and such also is the kind of light which our 

 Elder Brother, the diurnal Orb of Light (the Sun), causes to be, and 

 we esteem the daylight with which he causes the entire world to be 

 lighted, and he causes the many islands to be light, and also he causes 

 them to be warm; that, then, is the cause that there is peace and 

 health on the earth, and also among all things that grow, and also 

 among those things that are alive, the animals and also among us 

 human beings, for day after day he attends to us all. Now, then, we 

 make rulable preparation and we greet with thanksgiving repeatedly 

 our Elder Brother, the dirunal Orb of Light (the Sun). 



"Now, again, another thing; now we will turn ourselves in the 

 direction of our Grandmother, the nocturnal Orb of Light (the Moon) ; 

 now also toward the Stars severally present, and also toward the 

 Sky present to us. He who formed our bodies intended that it 

 should habitually become dark on the earth, and so then he ap- 

 pointed her to cause it to be light only when it is night; and that at 

 her will she will be charged with causing dew to fall on all that 

 grows, and that therein all the wild plants and animals will continue 

 to grow, and that in the next place we who live upon the earth govern 

 ourselves by the endings of the planet which we esteem; now, then, 

 all greet repeatedly with thanksgiving the nocturnal Orb of Light 

 (the Moon) and also the Stars severally present, and also the Sky 

 present to us, whereby our minds are caused to be satisfied; and that 

 is the reason that we continue to greet them with thanksgiving. 



"Now, again, another thing; in the next place are our Grand- 

 fathers, the Thunderers, whose custom is to come from the westward, 

 and who protect us day after day and also night after night. That 

 also they will care for the earth here present now, and also for all 

 that it contains, and also we ourselves, human beings, and that hi 

 the next place they cause mist to fall on the earth, and that also 

 they customarily cause the waters to be fresh. Now, then, we make 

 rulable preparation and we have done to them what is fitting, and 

 now we greet them all with thanksgiving repeatedly. 

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