...of incense, were burning on the table before the high-priest. On a smaller stage, about ten y;irds opposite to these, in the middle of the court, a slaughtered...piled columns of cakes, pyramids of sweetmeats, and rhounds of other dainties, four or five feet high. Among these, and in different parts of the court-yard,...

...about ten yards opposite to these, in the middle of the court, a slaughtered hog, shaved and frutte'l, was fixed upright upon a tressel, and by it a goat....sweetmeats and mounds of other dainties, four or five fcet high. Among these, and in different parts of the court-yard, were placed flags of gaudy colours...

...Five yards heyond this, another platform, eight feet high, hy twelve long and eight hroad, had heen constructed, on which were piled columns of cakes,...feet high. Among these, and in different parts of tho court-yard, were placed flags of gaudy colours and gay devices, some of silk, others of paper ;...

...in the middle of the court, a slaughtered hog, shaved and gutted, was fixed upright upon a trestle, and by it a goat. Five yards beyond this, another...on which were piled columns of cakes, pyramids of sweatmeats, and mounds of other dainties, four or five feet high. Among these, and in different parts...

...and the body of a goat. In front of this platform was a third stage, smaller still, on which stood 'piled columns of cakes, pyramids of sweetmeats and...mounds of other dainties, four or five feet high'. The perimeter walls of the courtyard were decorated with coloured pieces of paper and silk flags; heaped...