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with the tips pointing towards the. eaft. Taking 

 grains of barley in his right hand, he fhould invoice 

 the gods. " O aflernbfed gods ! hear my call, fit 

 " down on this graft ;" then throwing away fome 

 grains of barley, and putting one hand over the other, 

 lie mould pray in thefe words : * Gods ! who fefide 

 " in the ethereal region, in the world near us, and in 

 i( heaven above ; ye whofe tongues are flame, and 

 " who fave all them who duly perlorm the iaeraments, 

 " iiear my call, lit down on this grafs, and be cheer- 

 " ful." Spreading the cufa gfafs, the tips of which' 

 muft point towards the eaft, and placing his left hand 

 thereon, and his right hand above the left, he muft 

 offer grains of barley and water from the tips of his 

 fingers, (which are parts dedicated, to the gods,} 

 holding three itraight blades of grafs, fo that the 

 tips be towards his thumb, and repeating this praver : 

 iw May the oods be fatisfied ; may the holv verfesi 

 " the fcriptureSj the devout fages, the facred poems, 

 iC tlie teachers of them, and the celeftial quirifters, 

 " be fatisfied ; may other inftruclors, human beings, 

 " minutes of time, moments, inftants meafured 

 " by the twinkling of an eve, hours, davs, fort- 

 " nightSj months, feafons, and years, with all their 

 " component parts be fatisfied herewith *." Next 

 wearing the facritieial thread round his neck, and 

 turning towards the north, he fhould offer 1ila y 

 or grains of barley with water, from the middle of 

 his hand (which is a part dedicated to human be- 

 ings), holding in it cufa grafs, the middle ot which 

 muft reft on the palm of his hand : this oblation 

 he prefents on grafs, the tips of which are pointed 

 towards the north ; and with it he pronounces thefe 

 ■ rds: u * May San AC a be fatisfied ; may Samax- 

 " dana, Saxataxa, Capjla, Asuri. B.uDIIC, 

 " and Parchasicha, be fatisfied herewith. " Placing 

 the thread, &c. on his right moulder, and turning 

 towards the fouth, he muft offer tila and wa- 



* The verb is repeated with e:ieh term, " May the holy vej 

 fatisfied ; may the zuJjs be fatisfied, &e/' 



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