They gather together the sacrifice when they gather the dust of the footprint of the provision cow; the oblation-holders are the mouth of the sacrifice; when they move forward the oblation-holders, then he should oil the axle with it; thus he extends the sacrifice in the mouth of the sacrifice. They lead the fire forward, they take the wife forward, and they make the carts follow after. Now the altar of the fire is deserted; it is left, and may become terrible and lay to rest the offspring and cattle of the sacrificer. When they are leading northward the sacrificial animal over which the Apri verses have been said, he should take from the altar the fire for cooking it; thus he makes him share in it. The Ahavaniya is the sacrificer; if they take the fire for cooking the victim from the Ahavaniya, they tear the sacrificer asunder; the fire should therefore be thus, or he should make it by friction, so that the sacrificer's body may remain together. If a portion of the victim be lost, he should cut off an equivalent portion of the butter; that is then the atonement.