Note 44 — PREFACE. (continued 2)

Then the priest took a large portion from the collection for his share, part of which he sacrificed to the king’s deities. And after this, the king commanded that the goods be given to the chiefs and the chiefesses, and to the guards. And the person who had the superintendency gave the goods away to all the chiefs and to all the people. On the night of Ole-kukahi, all the feather deities were worshiped, and in the morning the chiefs and the people collected great quantities of food for their annual festival, and the people of the whole country also made collection of food for their annual observance, and there was plenty of intoxicants44 for the chiefs and for the people from the back countries. On the night of Ole-kulua, was the worship of the wooden images. The priests prayed throughout the night, and in the morning, the day of Ole-kupau (23rd), the makahiki45 image was decorated. This was a very sacred day.