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A, A, A, A. Mat with offerings of vegetables at the four corners.

B, B, B, B. Posts supporting a white canopy.

C. Vegetables and a sareng fish, offered to Phau-woibi.

D. 7 different sorts of paddy.

E. Offerings to the 7 Lairemas, laid on a cloth.

F. Offerings to the 9 Umanglais.

G. A flag.

H. Empty pot in which the offerings are afterwards cooked.

M. Maiba's position.

Everything having been prepared and correctly placed, the maiba takes up his position at M and pronounces the following mantra or invocation:—

"Yoibirok, mother of Nongda Lairen Pākhāngba, as to changing (the paddy) she can not change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. Mahuiroi Laisna, as to changing she cannot change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. Mahuiroi Nongmainu Ahongbi, as to changing she cannot change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. Mahuiroi Haunukhu, as to changing she cannot change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. Mahuiroi Haunuhan, as to changing she cannot change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. Mahuiroi Laithong Khu, as to changing she cannot change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. Laithonghan, as to changing she cannot change it, as to increasing she cannot increase it. By the maibas, the glorious heap of paddy becomes more