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every way to attract their attention. At length the people became angry vvith him and wanled 

 to strike him, but he changea himself into a bird and caused them to kill each other in their 

 attempts to hit him. 



KESA AND HIS RIVALS. 



213. Késa was a great fax'ourite with the giiis, and therefore the other boys did not 

 want to take him with them when they went to a dance in another village. They tried in vain 

 to frighten him back. The girls ail flocked round him, and the ne.\t morning he brought twenty 

 of them with him on bis way home. He was overtaken by the other boys who Struck him and 

 ran away with all his girls. 



THE WOMAN WHO PRETENDED TO HAVE A HUSBAND. 



214. A woman who lived by herself pretended to be married and used to keep up a 

 conversation with herself as if she talked with her husband. She used to hit herself with a pièce 

 of firevvood, crying out at the same time. A man heard her and brought her to his house where 

 she remained with his two other wives. 



THE WOMEN IN CHILD-BED. 



215. A wonian in childbed used continually to worry her husband. She wanted him to 

 hâve connection with her, and when at length he let her hâve her way she died in a hemorrhage. 



216. A woman in childbed went to swim and was drowned, as her long hair got 

 entangled in a tree under water. Since then women in childbed eut their hair. 



VI. SEXUAL LIFE (217-232) 



A. MISCELLANEOUS INSTANCES (217-227). 

 B SEXUAL INTERCOURCE WITH ANIMALS. 



228. A man had connection with his female dog, and it bore a boy in a cave. The 

 animal looked after the boy. When the latter had grovvn up he was seen by a girl who brought 

 him home, and they married. 



229 — 230. A man tried in différent ways to satisfy his désire. He had connection with 

 a female turtle, and it bore a boy whom the man looked after. One day the man and boy found 

 a woman in another place and brought her to live vvith them. 



231. Two brothers married two female pigs which they had brought home alive. AU 

 four used to work together in the garden. A boy and girl were born, and when they had grovvn 

 up they married. After that the two men ran away into the bush and became pigs. 

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