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313 penciled at top of page heads from the national council, this man received full authority to hold the feast of green fruits in that particular town. Accordingly he selected seven men to officiate instead of the seven prime counsellors, and these seven of course took the business then into their own hands. They appointed the time for the feast, and by this messenger notified the people. They appointed seven men to hunt six days previous to the feast. They selected men to direct the feast and women to cook. They then appointed seven women, one of each clan, to feast together with themselves and the priest and his right hand man. All these reperised? to the council house, where they spent the six days previous to the feast in strict fasting, eating sparingly but once in twenty four house, that is a little after dark each day. On the morning of the seventh day the hunters came in - gave the buck's tongue for sacrifice to the priest, also the meat of the buck, together with all the skins. The rest of the meat, barbicued, they deposited in the store house. At the same time all the people of the town came together, each family fetching a basket of green fruits ready cooked, which they deposited in the store house, and at the same time took a piece of the barbicued meat, and returned home. At night all returned to the town house, fetching the meat, without having tasted it and put it back in the store house. The priest then proceeded to offer the sacrifice. This was done as follows. The priest had a right hand man, who was always on such aursious? his assistant. He also had a room for sacrifices into which no one must go but himself and his right hand man. His assistant had now swept that room, and brought new fresh earth, and made an altar of earth in the centre of the house. The top of this he made smooth, and drew a circle round it including a space suffi-