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the people made sixteen exclamations; the people then eat, and finish 

 the house afterwards, which is done with much ceremony. In the 

 evening the high-priest arrived with three fowls ; one for the god, an- 

 other for the king, and a third for himself. If rain fell during the night, 

 they would conquer their enemies. 



On the fourth day, before it was light, the " Aha" and " Kaili" prayers 

 were said, at which time the priest brands the land that they are to 

 conquer. After this, the chief brings a hog, holding his snout, when 

 the priest again prays to the idol ; the chief, repeating his " Amama," 

 (invocation) killed the hog. The priest cautiously asks the chief if he 

 heard any noise, or voice of a mouse, dog, or bird : if none, it was a 

 good omen. Then the chief and priest advance towards the people, 

 the former wearing a feather cloak, while the latter was naked, who 

 demanded of the people if they heard any noise ; and being answered 

 in the negative, the priest then said the god had declared they should 

 eat of the fruit of the land of their enemies. At night nine hogs are 

 offered. 



The fifth day opens with prayer. The king or chief gives forty 

 hogs for each end of the temple. In the evening, the idol they had 

 hewn out of the tree was brought down to the temple, and placed in 

 front of the steps of the heiau. A large hole was then dug, and a 

 man sacrificed and placed in it ; on this the idol is put, and the earth 

 thrown in around it : the multitude now retire. The priest now de- 

 manded of the king three fowls — one for the god, another for the king, 

 and the third for himself. The god's is devoured by his keeper, while 

 the king and priest feast on theirs, when they all go to sleep, under the 

 impression that some omen will occur. If rain, with thunder and 

 lightning, ensue, the omen is very favourable. 



Just before dawn, the feather god, Kaili, with a hog, is taken to the 

 new idol, where, on a signal being given, the king kills the hog with a 

 single blow ; the priest strikes a few blows on the drum, which was 

 the signal that the ceremony was finished. After this the taboo was 

 removed, when children might cry, the cocks crow, and crickets chirp, 

 without danger; then all the priests assemble within the heiau, and 

 prayed in concert till daylight, at which time the king makes the 

 " Amama." 



On the sixth day, the king presented a hog to each god, frequently 

 to the number of forty, and two to each priest, two of which were 

 placed in front of the new idol, with cocoa-nuts and bananas, where 

 they are left to putrefy. The king and priest then retired to the 

 " Nule-Pahu," where they prayed. At nightfall, one of the priests 



