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54 613 he walked round the fire & to the door, when he changed his note to i, and ascended the roof not drawing his breath till he arrived at the top of the house. He then commenced The noted hymn. This consists of seven verses and each verse was sung in a distinct tune & thus the man changed the tune with the verses seven times. One line constituted a verse, by being repeated four times, the seven verses lines thus sung are as follows vi[z].

1. Hi yo wu, y a ka ni.

2. Hi te hu yu, y a ka ni.

3. Hi wa ta ki, y a ka ni,

4. Hi hi wa sa si, y a ka ni

5. Hi A ni tsu si, y a ka ni.

6. Hi yo wu, hi ye yo, y a ka ni.

7. Hi A ni he ho, ya ka ni.

After singing each verse, he rattled his gourd, and struck the note i (e..) On concluding the hymn, as he began to descend, he again struck the note i ( e long) which he continued without drawing his breath, till he came down, entered the town and walked round the fire, to the spot? where he was dressed. He then stood erect and spoke loudly "I am heard," at which all the assembly expressed their joy by saying Wo. Then the man who had dressed him arose, went to him, took off his white dress, put it in it's appropriate place