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have new buds and fresh leaves. The randoe fruits are ripe, the cot- 

 ton appears and begins to fall. The sun rises in the east and casts no 

 shadow at noon. Harvest begins. 



Fifth month (ICelima), twenty-seven days, from the 12th of Octo- 

 ber till the 7th of November. The medical plants called lempoeygang 

 begin to put out new roots. The swallows called inaog terrik collect 

 on the slopes of the mountains to feed upon the winged ants that fly 

 out at that time. The chirping birds called tjekithoets sing more than 

 usual. The iwak bettik has five spots. A man's shadow measures a 

 foot north. Plant maize. 



Sixth month (lumern), forty-three days, from the 8th of November 

 till the 20th of December. Heavy rains begin. Plant rice. Orion is 

 visible in the eastern horizon immediately after sunset. Woodcocks 

 appear and resort to the ponds for food. The beetles (koioangaus), 

 which were not visible before the rainy season, come down from the 

 mountains to lay their eggs on the green herbage which is half cov- 

 ered with water. The spiders called kemlandmgaus, which before 

 this time of the year spun their webs horizontally, spin them now ver- 

 tically. The fruits begin to ripen. The iwak bettih has six spots. 

 The sun advances toward the south, and a man's shadow measures two 

 feet north. 



Seventh month (ITepitoe), forty-three days, from the 21st of De- 

 cember till the 2d of February. Orion and the Pleiades are respect- 

 ively 25 and 45 above the eastern horizon. Rice-planting is contin- 

 ued. The distillable herb, wood-ivy (ouvi), is ripe. The eggs of the 

 beetles open. The iwak bettih has seven spots. The sun turns back 

 toward the north, and the shadow measures nearly three feet north. 



Eighth month (Iterraloe), twenty-six days, from the 3d to the 28th 

 of February. Orion is in the zenith, the Pleiades are 70 above the 

 west. Rice-planting is completed. The iwak bettik has eight spots. 

 The glagahs begin to bloom. The sun rises in the east. 



Ninth month (Kesauga), twenty-five days, from the 1st till the 

 25th of March. Orion is in the zenith at six o'clock in the evening, 

 the Pleiades 70 up in the west. The iwak bettik has nine spots. 

 The flowers of the glagah fall. The sun crosses the equator. 



Tenth month {Sepoeloch), twenty-four days, from the 25th of 

 March till the 17th of April. The Pleiades are 45, Orion 65 up in 

 the west. The spots of the iwak bettik have disappeared. The rice 

 is ripe and the harvest begins. The sun is in the north, and the shad- 

 ow measures from one to two feet south. 



Eleventh month (Destha), twenty-three days, from the 18th of 

 April till the 10th of May. The rice-harvest everywhere. The nights 

 are cold and the days are the shortest in the year. Orion is visible 

 16 up in the west at half past six in the evening. The Pleiades are 

 invisible. The randoe-trocs besnn to bloom. The sun coes toward 

 the north and the shadow measures three feet south. 



