Note 35 — PREFACE. (continued 2)
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When they landed the priest came and stood at the landing place. The fisherman took up seven opelu, walked up to the priest and placed them in the priest’s hand. The priest then took the opelu to an uhe35 board, where the fish was consecrated to the deities. The fisherman then went to his house to thank his ancestral deities, while the priest took the fishes and placed them on a tray before the altar. Then the high priest ordered a man: “You take some opelu for the king, that he may eat of the first haul of the day.” The man went as ordered, singing as he went. And when the people saw and heard him they all sat down. And when he came before the king he handed him the fishes and then ran away with great speed, lest he might be killed.