The finest gourds and cocoanut vessels were made to hold this water, and the decoration of these was the first step taken in Sacred Art. Among the first pictures sketched were crude representations of a stream. They called their children after this water, such being the meaning of the common names among them. “Ilo” signifies “touched with water,” and “Oboo” means “Soaked.” Rainy days were deemed more sacred than clear ones, on account of their water, whose descent from the skies was taken as influences from Shoozoo. A flood was regarded as this god coming in disguise; and to be drowned was to be lost in Shoozoo. The Lali washed oftener than the Ammi, not for cleanliness, but on account of their devotion to water; and they would not kill a snake that was still wet. As long as anything, indeed, had upon it water from the great Swamp, it was supposed to be under the protection of Shoozoo. The Apes drank water before eating, and the last thing they did when dying was to drink. To be deprived of water for certain rites was the most serious affliction that could happen to an Ape, and a rebellion once broke out among the Lali because, when on a long march, their leader would not go out of the way to find a stream for ceremonial purposes. But the refinements of ritual among the Lali were not confined to water, although at the time of which we speak the water rites had attained their greatest ascendancy. The Apes were accustomed to make pilgrimages to Cocoanut Hill where Shoozoo performed his great exploits, which was regarded as Holy Ground, and there they often worshipped. It was the interference of the Ammi with these privileges that led to the quarrels between the Apes and the Men, of which we have spoken. The Ammi, however, claimed that the Apes came not for religious purposes, but to steal cocoanuts, and hence the reprisals already mentioned. One of the rules of the Lali religion was to kill screech owls when the moon was quarter full, because it was at this period that Shoozoo had killed the owls of Cocoanut Hill, and all owl hunts were in commemoration of his great exploit. Another was to hide their darts for six days after this festival, because during this time Shoozoo rested from his hunt and needed no more owls. Another observance was to present snakes to one another at a certain period in honor of the great serpent which Shoozoo killed and presented to Simlee. For days before this festival the young monkeys were kept busy hunting snakes in the great Swamp. Another requirement was that on the day before Owl-hunt the Lali should walk upright as a preparation for the great festival, since on this day Shoozoo walked upright to aim at the moon. They were forbidden to take fish from the great Swamp on Snake Day, though they might then take them from other waters. No monkey must kill another during these festivals, as this right was reserved to the priests alone, who must, however, use their victims only in sacrifice.