Note 317 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)
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A fine black goat, “without blemish and without spot,” had been killed by Bilal Umat early that morning, and he now deposited its head in the middle of the central tray, two of the feet in the middle of the right-hand tray, and the other two feet in the middle of that on the left. To each of these three central portions were now added small portions of the animal’s viscera (liver, spleen, lights, tripe, heart, etc.), and then the small diamond-shaped (kĕtupat) and cylindrical (lĕpat) rice-bags317 were suspended in the usual manner. A wax taper was added to each portion of each tray, and the loading of the trays declared complete.