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cousin Ligl, I want to go home, for we have been here so long a time, 

 do not detain us. Go and get my Agta companion so that we can go 

 home." "I don't know where your Agta companion is now, for I did 

 not see where she went." Iwaginan was sorry and he went to look for 

 her. Not long after he saw her on the mat. "She is on the mat, my 

 cousin Iwaginan, but I do not like to let her go with you, for she is the 

 cause of my making Sayang, for I wanted to find out who was the 

 mother of the boy. Now she is his mother. The best thing for you to 

 do is to marry Aponlbolinayen and I am going to marry this woman," 

 said Ligi. 



Not long after Iwaginan went back home. As soon as they arrived 

 in Pindayan he divorced Gimbagonan, and he went to marry Aponl- 

 bolinayen. So truly he married Gamayawan. As soon as the pakdlon 

 was over, he paid the marriage price. Next evening Iwaginan and 

 Aponlbolinayen lived together. Next morning they went to wash their 

 hair. "Wait for me here for I am going to dive in the river," said 

 Iwaginan. So he dived, and he went to the place where the alan lived 

 under the water and the alan said, "Eb we have something to eat for 

 breakfast, it is a man." "No, do not eat me, I came to change my 

 clothes," said Iwaginan. "Is Aponlbolinayen here?" they said. "No," 

 he said, and the alan covered each hair of his head with golden beads, 

 and they gave clothes to him. After that when he went back home, 

 they went to guide him. As soon as they arrived by the river they 

 saw Aponlbolinayen. "How cunning you are, Iwaginan! You told 

 us she was not here, and she is here," said the alan. " If we had known 

 that Aponlbolinayen was by the river we would have eaten you, for we 

 wanted to take her," they said. "No," said Iwaginan, and they went 

 home. A day later he took Aponlbolinayen to Pindayan and Gim- 

 bagonan prepared the baladon poison, because she wanted to kill 

 Iwaginan. As soon as he and Aponlbolinayen arrived in Pindayan, 

 Gimbagonan went to their house, and she took betel-nuts. As soon as 

 she reached the house she gave the nut to Aponlbolinayen, and it had 

 baladon poison on it. She gave also to Iwaginan, but it had no poison 

 on it. As soon as they chewed the betel-nut Aponlbolinayen died. 

 Not long after Iwaginan sharpened his headaxe and spear, for he in- 

 tended to cut off Gimbagonan's head. They went to get a medium 1 

 to make the ceremony for Aponlbolinayen, and when the medium was 

 making the ceremony she said, "Aponlbolinayen cannot be cured unless 

 Gimbagonan comes to cure her, for she used the poison which is baladon.'" 

 Not long after they went to get Gimbagonan and Iwaginan was anxious 



1 See p. 23. 



