In addition to the above, the _Yengishiki_ has brief mention of ceremonies for "calming" the roaring of the kitchen-furnace, calming (or propitiating?) the God of Water, the August Abiding-place (of the Mikado), the Earth-Prince, the site of a new palace, in honour of the kitchen-furnace, of the august well (such as that from which water was taken for the Ohonihe ceremony), of the birth-well (from which water was drawn for washing a new-born prince), of the water of a privy, and a ceremony performed when the Mikado went out from the Palace. The same work contains schedules of offerings to various local deities, of whom we know little or nothing. =More recent norito=.--In addition to the old _norito_ of the _Yengishiki_, a good number have come down to us of more recent date, chiefly from the ninth century. We find among them for the first time _norito_ addressed to deceased Mikados, a practice which was, no doubt, introduced from China. I give the substance of some selected examples.[285] They exhibit numerous traits of Chinese origin. A.D. 733. The protection of the Sea-Gods of Suminoye was invoked for ships sailing to China. 805. The wrath of the God of Iso no kami was deprecated. He was supposed to have sent an illness upon the Mikado because his "divine treasures" had been removed for convenience to a place nearer the capital. 825. Envoys were sent to the tomb of a deceased Mikado to promise that it should be removed elsewhere the Urabe having discovered that he was dissatisfied with its site. 827. The Sun-Goddess was besought to stay a pestilence, and a member of the Imperial family promised her as priestess. 827. The diviners having attributed the Mikado's illness to the cutting down of the trees of the shrine of Inari, envoys were sent to recite a _norito_ asking for pardon, and that he should be restored to health. 836. Degrees of rank were conferred on Futsunushi (lower third), Mikatsuchi (upper second), and Koyane (upper third), with the lower fourth rank for the Himegami (lady-deity). Prayer was made that the envoys should have a safe journey. 839. Trees on the Empress Jingō's tomb having been cut down, the Mikado feared that a drought might be the consequence, and sent envoys to deprecate her wrath. 840. The Mikado being affected by an evil influence (_mono no ke_), the diviners attributed it to a curse from the Great Abstinence (_oho-imi_) deity of Deha.[286] At the same time envoys to China were cast away among southern savages. The savages were many and they were few, but by the help of some God, they had the victory over them. A report was received from Deha that on the same date a noise of fighting was heard in the clouds of the Great God and a rain of missile stones fell. The Mikado in a _norito_ expressed his gratitude and wonder at the far-reaching power of the God, and conferred on him the lower fourth rank with two households of peasants to serve him.