NOHTH QUEKN-SLAXD ETilXOfiHAPHV ROTH. 375 



Xamo-dir murga ngaiido-ngai wogur-gur, (lirainggar gari. 



These only women plait, old-men not, 



dirainggur-be murga ngando-ngai wogur, gura dana hirljalbal. 



old men-for only women jilait, and they \vear(them) 

 Gura peba-iTgan burnga-ngai dumbehnbil gura diar \'itar 

 And father-by dilly-bags breaking(tearing) and hole put-in 

 kambogo burnggatinu gura dana namodir-be burnggaya gura 

 head to enter and they this-in enter and 



manu-we yitar. Gura burnga dodi nangume buntjil-buntjil-go 

 neck-on put. And dilly-bag body his-on incomplete (broken) 

 burngalngal gura yendu pita kambogo- we yit;ir. Murga 

 pulls and another small one head-on places. Only 



dirainggur yendu-mun gumbi-ngo gamai-go mandendi, gari 



old men others-by string-only clay-only taken, not 

 warka-nganui j'imidir ngando-ngai. Gura ngando dana nangu 



altogether like women. And woman they her 



kundaiga, dajia nangu gari gura kuli-dir. Dirlen dana 



having struck, tliey her no more angry-witli. Tlierefore they 

 ngando-ngai yimidir nganni kundal '. Ngai ! burla 



the women like this why strike ? What a question I both 



danaigo ngamburgo g'ilgi mate-ga kaimbalmbate-ga, 



before aliv(^ jealousy became-because (}uai-reled-because 



kundandate-ga nangu muri-budo. Dana ngando-ngai 



struck-because her (they) forbade-indeed. They women 



namodir-ga-budo kundandal, dirainggur galmba wabu-bakal 



that-for-indeed strike, old men too spear in the leg 



yimi-yimidir-gala diral bienega. Garko bama godera dadara 



just tlie same wife having died. By-an<l-bye men two go 

 melbi-dir duyu-ngu dauun-ngai dawinu-ngo. Gura burla 

 message-with corpse-for friends call-to. And tliese two 



bobo yuba bama-dir-go wamega, burla dudan-be-go 



place close to men-wnth having approached, they the wav-on 

 gamai-ngu-nda dodi l)urlangan-go durnggalnggal. Garko 



clay-with bodv their-own smear. By-and-ln'e 



bama-gal gamai-tchir-go miraya, burlangan nadega 



inen-before clay-with appear, them having seen 



gauwal-tchii'-go bama yendu-me merelil. Garko liurla yerlnggaigo 



scream-with men other-to tell. Then tliey separate 

 dagaya garko burlangan bama nobun-il wamil melbi-dir. 

 sit down then them man one approaches message-with. 



Gura burla mell)i nangun-gal meril-budo duyu galmba 

 And they message him-before tell-indeed the dead also 

 meril. Gura nulu melbi duyu-ngu meril-budo. 



tell. And he message corpse-onaccountof tells indeed 



