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333 penciled at top of page - also 37 On the second day, the ceremony of whipping the houses was performed, and the meat distributed to be cooked for supper, but the yo wa was not sung and the people generally ate as they pleased, except the seventeen persons above mentioned, who still continued their fast. A little before sunset the victuals was called for and eaten as on the day before. The third day passed like the second in all respects, but the fourth was like the first. The yo wa was sung three times, the ceremony of whipping the houses repeated, and the meat distributed. All fasted, as on the first day, and as then washed by plunging seven times. The sacrifice was offered, and the oracle U lu sa ta, consulted, as on the first day. This night also the priest & his right hand man, seven counsellors & seven women fasted ten days successively, eating only once in twenty four hours, and the priest who sung the yo wa fasted in the same manner four days, and all the people, men women and children fasted two days, on which days even infants fasted till noon. All also except infants spent two whole nights, is the first and fourth in entire wakefulness. All put off their filthy garments, either in the water, - before going in, or on coming out, and clothed themselves in clan apparel. All also, at two different times plunged entirely fourteen times. On the fourth night, all must keep entirely awake. None must sleep. The women improved the night in a religious dance. On the next morning, sacrifice was offered again,