376 KICrOltlJS OF THK AUHTKALIAN MISKUM. 



Ngando-iigai iiielbi duyu-ngu iiadega daiui gauwaltcliir-go 



Women message corpse-of having heard they screani-with 

 ungga l^atclieltcliil guivi, dalmbakabalbaya bobo-we, gura 

 weeping cry and throw themselves ground-on, and 



bama kaimbalmbah Diiainggur gahnba ungga batchil gura 

 man blame. Old men also wailing cry and (but) 



gari gauwal-tchirgo galmba gari bama kaimbalmbal ungga-we-go, 

 not scream-with also not man blame ci'ying, 



garko bei'a dana ganil-nda kainibahnbal makobadaigo. 



by-and-bye certainly they song- with blame always. 



Gura dana wudur godera barbega gura dana kadara 

 And they nights two having slept then they come 



duyu-ngu, dirainggur ngando-ngai galmba. Warka-ngamu 

 tlie dead-t'or, old men women too. All collectively 



gari, mundal-go bera. Gura dana bobo yuba 



not, some certainly. And they place close to 



wamega duyu-dir-go dauungun daiiangan damalmal 



ha\ing approached corpse-with friends tlieir .spear 



duyu-ngu. Gui-a ngandongai ungga-dirgo kadara. 



dead man-on account of. And women crying-with come. 



Gura dana duyu yuba wamega dana ninia-we ungga-dir-go 



And they corpse close having come they grave-at cry-with 



dagalgaya gura ungg'^ batcheltchil, dir-ainggur galmba. 

 sit down and wailing ciy old men too. 



I)auungun dirlen danangan ngan-ni damalmaH yimidir gura 



Friends tlierefore them why speai- ? Similarly also 



nulu danangan-gal netchin dadarai-ga gura bienega nulu 



he them-l)efore always went-because and having died he 

 dauun danangan kana-ngan-go gari wamega dananguu 

 friends their from the very first not having met them (he) 

 dube-ga-budo. Namongu-budo dana yimidar damalmal. 



left-because-indeed. Therefoi-e-indeed they like-this spear. 

 Gura dana duyu nima-we budur kundo-kundo bantchentchi 

 And they corpse grave-in nights many attend on 



duyu kana kada manatinu. Duyu kana kada balkai-ga, l)ama 

 corpse first foul to become. Corpse once foul made, man 



Jiobung(j nulu warbi-dirgo cladai'a gurlnggo liandinu 



one lie tomahawk-with goes bark-trough to cut 



duyu-ngu. (Uira nulu bandega gurlnggo-dirgo kadara, 

 corpse-for. And he having cut bark trough-with (he) comes, 

 nulu gurabudo yoku-we bauwal ngara wai-nganu-ngo dallel 



he again fire-in cooks bark to take off-for hght 



gural. Gura ngolu kadaltchal gura pegur-nda 



makes. And criid<:led extremity ties up and wooden ])('g with 



