Note 17 — PREFACE.

And in the evening of the 29th, the king and the priest secretly buried17 the remains of certain things used in the service, a minor duty performed by the priest in the temple. On the 30th, the priest sprinkled the sacred water, for the sanctification of the temple which was such that the king was restricted from eating the pig; he extended the restriction to the night of the 30th, and to all the chiefs and many people. The priests and chiefs in great numbers offered prayers and praises before the wooden idols and the feather-gods. After the prayers the king offered pig sacrifice, calling upon the deities thus: “O Kunuiakea,18 O Lononuiakea, O Kanenuiakea, O Kanaloanuiakea, my gods, come ye all; here is the pig, a live pig; let me be saved by you, my gods. Here is your pig, your banana and your coconut; save all the chiefs and all the people. Listen to my beseeching unto you all, my gods. Seek out a sinful man and sacrifice him. Keep a righteous man and use him well. Bless my land and preserve the people.”