Note 27 — PREFACE.

After the priest had discontinued the services and had uttered a short invocation, they passed out to the people inquiring of what they had heard. The people denied having heard anything. This same night they all joined in prayer—the ulua fishing priest, the maua priest, the chief priest and the priest of the order of Lono. They continued through this night in earnest prayer. And at dawn the priest made a sign and stood up chanting their prayer called kolii, and then sat down still praying. When this ended they raised their hands to the lananuu27 from which two men were calling to them in loud voices. While the priests were chanting from below, they (the two men) were dancing above. All this was called makii-lohelohe. The king then went outside to distribute the pork to the feather idols, and the priests, and all the chiefs, and all the people of the higher class, giving to each feather idol its share, and also to the priests, each his share; giving chiefs of the lower order, five-fold, and those of the higher order ten-fold, while the people of the higher class received each his share, one pig to every two companies. And the people of the lowest class after the king’s share was cooked received their portion also. Then the king offered pigs on the altar, to the idols, about five times forty (200) pigs. After these things they all returned to the temple—the chiefs and all of the priests, and worshiped before the wooden idols. This prayer was called kopili-nui. The high priest then arose, offered a prayer to a fire stick and sat down. All then prayed and many roasting fires were started burning, so numerous that the air became heavy with the smoke of the roasting pork, from the pigs set apart for the temple which were put on fires for broiling, the people meanwhile continued praying before the images.