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all were directed to commence their repast at the same instant. The second night was passed like the first; excepting that the dance ceased at midnight; and, on the second day, the same ceremonies were observed, excepting that the fast continued only half the day. Each ensuing day was similarly employed till the seventh, on which, as on the first, all fasted till near sunset. The prayer and sacrifice of the first day were then repeated. As then, all ate simultaneously, at the word of the speaker. The whole night was passed like that of the first; and on the morning eighth day, the Oolee, stool eeh? took the herbs from the cauldron, held them up till they ceased dripping, placed them on a buckskin, folded it;_ and he, _ and after him the other dignitaries, _ and after them, the people, _ all departed, _ with the same forms observed at the close of the ancient festival of the Ah, tawh, hung, nam? the Propitiation or Cementation , Festival, as described in their appropriate place. The second modification of the Ah, Taw, hung, nah? next presents itself, - the fast