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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 123; 



The wife Glang Gla has (or had) just ar- 

 rived. 



The husband Yao Tsu Yin has (or had) just 

 come. 



The wife Glang Gla industriously pursued the 

 sky road. 



The husband Yao Tsu Yin industriously fol- 

 lowed behind the sky. 



They grasped sky seed and came back. 



They grasped earth seed and returned. 



He gave tliem to the wife Glang Gla who 

 beat them until they made the noise glo 

 glai. 



She beat the earth to dust and pieces. 

 Her left hand grasped the iron sifter. 

 She sifted the earth dust very fine. 

 The woman eflSciently dipped up three hand- 



fuls of water (to mix with the dust of the 



sky and the earth). 

 The husband Yao Tsu Yin kneaded the sky 



flat and smooth. 

 He kneaded the earth everywhere clean and 



pure. 

 The sky moved unfirmly and was unstable. 

 The wife Glang Gla beat out 3,000 silver 



nails, and 3,600 golden nails, and gave tliem 



to her husband Yao Tsu Yin. 



