Note 16 — PREFACE.

Then the alaea god went forth with four flags preceding and four flags following him. A man reverently preceded the alaea god. No person, pig, nor dog should come in the front; no fires should be lighted, these things being strictly prohibited. When the alaea image arrived at the place for the pig services, the puaa-kukui,16 (blocks of kukui wood with markings to resemble swine features for sacrifice), were prepared, and marked with the red earth by the priest, who offered a prayer, after which the people came bringing their tributes of pigs, foodstuffs, feathers and cloths, each land in successive order.