Note 48 — PREFACE. (continued 2)

After this the long god was carried forth on a circuit of the land. The different lands paid tribute to the deity in cloth, pigs, feathers, chickens and food. And when they were gone the king remained in the sacred place, until the day of Kane. When the short god returned on the day of Kane, he was decorated with ferns, and the appearance of the deity was pleasing, as he was brought and entered the temple. In the evening some staffs were put up, which was a requirement of the priests—a custom for the annual celebration, and in the night, the people assembled at the temple where prayers to Puea were chanted, which ended the service. When the people heard the finishing of the service they were greatly pleased, their hearts were filled with gladness, and they exclaimed thus, “We are safe. The night of the feast was good, and the night has been most generous to us.” And in the morning of the day of Lono, they washed themselves and.48.…