Note 40 — PREFACE. (continued 2)

And when the pigs were cooked, and the king’s great share was brought out, about twice forty pigs, the king parceling them out to the ordinary chiefs, a hind quarter each; to the higher chiefs, the breast; to the lowest chiefs the flanks; and to the common people the loose meat. After this and when it was evening, the king and the priest and the deities and all the chiefs all joined in a service by the king and the priest, which was called kauwila40 and they prayed with great love in their hearts toward the deity. There was no raining this evening, being sacred to the king’s kauwila service. After the praying the king offered the pigs, the coconuts and the bananas as sacrifices. After the king had made his offering to the deity, they left the temple, and behold! the evening was calm (clear), the people said, “this kauwila service of the king was excellent; we are indeed safe.”