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153 musicians, or [u] ki, ni, wi, sti, ski [/u] and a priest to direct the ceremonies of the festival, which was to commence on the evening of the seventh day next evening. The [u] Oolee, stool, eeh, [/u] or presiding priest, went at once in pursuit of the herbs and roots for the occasion. They were seven in number, and the same as the articles of purification saught simultaneously with the hunt for the uses of the [u] Ah, tawh, hung, nah, [/u] in connection with which they have been already named. As each was gathered, a special prayer was required to be uttered over it, naming the purpose to which it was destined, and imploring that it might be empowered to effect that purpose. As also beforementioned among the particulars of the modified form of the same [u] Ah, tawh, hung, nah, [/u] seven kinds of wood were brought and arranged in a circle, which seven kinds of beads pointing towards them. The wood, though sometimes kindled by rubbing, was sometimes lighted from a flint. When burning, both wood and fire were put aside to make the fire for boiling the herbs. A little before sunset on the Seventh day, the people assembled in the Town Council House, and took their seats in silence; and the Festival might be considered as begun. Those