Note 11 — PREFACE.

The next night the priest laid himself at the door-sill,11 a custom of the priest’s on occasions of services rendered for royalty. The next day the child was brought before the priest and in the presence of the deity. He (the child) sat on a certain man who held him firmly. The priest stood up waving the bambu, and offered the deity a prayer, saying: “O God, look down upon your offspring, whose night auguries are auspicious.” After that the priest sat down and continued in supplication to the god.