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the banquet; ____ women to superintend the cooking; a very aged and honorable woman, termed A, ke, yv, gu, stu, to warm the water for bathing the Ookah; __ two men to bathe him; one to undress and dress him; one, called U, lo, tee, to fan him; __ one to sing for him and lead the music, __ and caled Kv, Nv, wi, sti, ski; ___ and one to prepare his seats, etc. ___ Under the supervision of this last, a structure was raised mid-way from the Ookah's abode, to the National Heptagon. It consisted of a tall throne with a canopy and footstool, all carefully whitened for the occasion. A similar structure was set up in the sacred square, ___around which a broad circle was marked out and swept clean and kept under a careful guard and no unconsecrated step allowed to enter it.

    On the morning of the eighth day the Festival began.
    All the priests, preceded by the Ti, nv, li, no, he, ski, or Seven Prime Counsellors, went in procession to the abode of the Ookah, singing as they went. Arriving, they found the A, ke, yv, gu, stu, the honored matron, in attendance with the warm water. The one priest appointed for the purpose approached the Ookah, and took off his clothes; and the other two bathed him from head to foot, as one would wash a little child. He who had undressed him now