[ [248] I am much indebted to Dr. Florenz's exhaustive monograph on this rite in vol. xxvii. of the T. A. S. J.

[ [249] Ch. K., p. 230.

[ [250] See [Index], sub voce.

[ [251] See Mr. Batchelor in T. A. S. J., xxiv. 46.

[ [252] It will be remembered that it was on an occasion of this kind that Agamemnon ordered an Oho-harahi to be performed:--

... λαὸνς άπολνμαἰνεσθαι άνωγεν, Οιδ άπελνμάινοντοο καί εἰς άλα λνματ έβαλλον

'Iliad,' I. 313.

[ [253] See [Index.]

[ [254] "He" is the officiating Nakatomi, speaking on behalf of the Mikado.

[ [255] Usually said to be Taka-musubi, Kamu-musubi, and the Sun-Goddess.