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on his hip. When the tabalang arrived in Nagbotobotan, "Tatalao, I 

 am tabalang of Kadalayapan, and on me is a golden rooster," said the 

 rooster on the tabalang which was made of gold. The old woman 

 Alokotan was taking a bath by the river and she was in a hurry to put 

 on her skirt and she followed the tabalang. "You tabalang, where did 

 you come from? Are you the tabalang of Kapaolan? If you are not 

 from Kapaolan, are you from Kanyogan?" The tabalang did not stop 

 and it nearly went down into the hole where the stream goes. 1 So 

 Alokotan ran very fast. "Are you tabalang from Kaodanan?" The 

 tabalang hesitated a little. "Are you tabalang of Kadalayapan?" 

 "Yes," said the tabalang and stopped; so she went inside of the tabalang 

 and she took the body to her house. She was afraid of the tabalang, 

 because it was made of gold and she was surprised because the woman 

 who was inside was beautiful and there was no one to compare with her. 

 As soon as they arrived to her house, "I whip perfume allkadakad and 

 make her wake up directly." "I whip my perfume bananas and direct- 

 ly she will say, 'Wes,' " "I whip my perfume dagimonau and directly 

 she will wake up entirely." 2 "How long I slept, grandmother," said 

 Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen. The old woman Alokotan took her 

 inside of the house. " ' How long my sleep,' you say, and you were dead. 

 There is the tabalang they put you in and I was surprised, for it was made 

 of gold and has a golden rooster on top of it. They used it to send you 

 down the river." Not long after the old woman Alokotan hid her, and 

 Dumanau, who was always wandering about with his children, ap- 

 proached the place where the women were dipping water from the 

 spring. All the women who were dipping water from the well said, 

 "Here is a lone man who is carrying the babies. We agree that we 

 all salute him at one time." As soon as they agreed Dumanau arrived 

 to the place where they were dipping water and he said, "Good day, 

 women." " Good day also," answered all the women in unison. "Where 

 are you going, lone man who is carrying the babies?" " 'Where are you 

 going,' you say, women. I am following Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen 

 whom I put inside the tabalang for she was dead. Did you see the 

 tabalang pass here?" said Dumanau. "It passed by here long ago. 

 Perhaps it is in Nagbotobotan now." "Ala, I leave you now, women, 

 and I go and follow." "Yes," answered the women. 



While they were walking they arrived in Nagbotobotan and Dum- 

 anau saw the tabalang in the yard by the house of Alokotan and they 



1 The Tinguian believe that the rivers and waters finally empty over the edge of 

 the world at a place known as Nagbotobotan. 



2 See p. 18, note I. 



