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40 The next great feast after the great new moon was the A to hu na Soon after the people were dismissed from the great new moon feast, the seven counsellors of the Uku convened, and appointed the A to hu na. This has of late years been called the physic dance, on account of a certain decoction, called physic, used as a water of purification. The object of the feast may be understood from the name given the great priest at the time, or while officiating, viz. U na, wi sa nu hi, i.e. one who renews heart and body, or cleanses from mental and bodily defilements.+ citation: Nutsawi P.

He was also called U li stu li, i.e. one who has his head covered, because he officiated with his cap or bonnet on.  He was one who had been devoted in infancy or childhood to the sacred office, & trained up for it.  He not only officiated at this great feast, but was a preacher of righteousness, teaching all moral duties, and exhorting them to avoid all evil conduct, such as quarreling, lying, stealing, and in order to this travelled some times through the country.  He wore his U lu sa ta, in his bosom wrapped in a skin & suspended by a string which went round his neck.  The seven counsellors, as stated above, convening soon after the people had returned from the great new moon feast, probably not before the next day, and after a speech had been delivered by one of them, they appointed the A to hu na, to commence in seven nights, and again dispatched their messengers through the country to give notice of the appointment, & direct all to be there, on the coming of the sixth day.  They also directed the hunters to commence their business the next morning.  They also selected seven men to cleanse the council house, whip the houses &c., &c. and seven others to wait on them, and others to provide the articles for purification.  They also gave orders to the seven firemen whose business was to make new fire to have strikeout against