26 Gunnar Landtman. 



80. The Returning Spirit of a Droivned Child. The spirit of a child who liad heen 

 drowned returned and could be heard crying. 



81. The Woman ivho heard a Spirit calling its Tame Pig. A woman nnce heard tne 

 spirit of a dead man calling its tame pig in the hush. 



82. The Man ivho heard a Spirit calling its Dog. A huntei' went out in quest of pig, 

 and at the same time the spirit of a dead man was hunting in the hush. The latter could be 

 heard calling his dögs. 



83. The Old Man and Woman who zvhere harassed by a Spirit. When travelling one 

 night in their canoe an old man and woman saw the spirit of a dead person floating in the water 

 in front of them and took it to be a log of wood. As they passed by it the spirit committed a 

 digital assault upon both. 



84. The Spirit of the Mnrdered Man who returned ivith the first White People. Grîrari 

 killed Wabéa who had stolen his coconuts. Some time afterwards the first white men ari'ived, 

 and VVabéa's spirit was on board their boat. On paddling out to them in his canoe Gflrari was 

 shot by Wabéa with a revolver. 



85. The White Men and the Spirits of the Dead. The white men do not manufacture 

 their things themselves but obtain them from the spirits of the dead. The first white men who 

 arrived in the country were thought to be returning spirits of the dead. 



D. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD WHO ENTER INTO CONNECTION WITH 



LIVING PEOPLE. 



86. The Resentmetit of the Dead Man whose Grave had been neglccted. In connection 

 with the turtle ceremony the people attended to the gi'aves of their dead before going out to spear 

 turtle, but Biza's grave was neglected. His clansmen alone did not get any turtle. In the night 

 his spirit appeared and reprimanded them for having slighted him. On returning home the 

 men cleaned and decorated Biza's grave, and on their next harpooning expedition they caught 

 many turtles. 



87. Spirits of the Dead who pass into Living People. The Dâru people were attacked 

 b_v the Kiwais, and many of them were kiUed. Agiwai escaped in a canoe, and the spirits of his 

 slain fri^ds swam along by his side in the shape of dugong. His canoe capsized, and while he 

 was insensible in the water several of the spirits went into him and advised him how to spear 

 dugong. Afterwards they left him, and he came to himself. 



88. The Ghost who made his surviving Wife drink his Blood. Gaméa was killed in a 

 fight, and his spirit came to his wife and sailed away with her and their children in a canoe. 

 She thought that it was her husband in the flesh. They landed at several places, and Gdmei 

 went to fetch water. But instead of going to the water-hole he opened the wound in his side, 

 which he had plugged, and filled the water-vessels with his blood. From the drinking of the blood 

 the woman and children became thin and poor. At length she found out that he was à spirit. 

 Gâmei went away to the land of the dead, and the woman still remains in the bush. 



89. A Reappearing Spirit who brought Dugong to Harpooners. The spirit of a woman 

 who had heen killed by a snake was seen by some people. W'hen the men were out on the 



Tom. XLVII. 



