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245. A man used tn visit a giri at night and after she was married to another man he 

 continued to hâve connection with her. He was killed by the husband, but the vvoman vvent to 

 the father of the dead man and incited him to take revenge by killing her husband. 



246. A VViörubi man bought coconuts at Ipisia by lending his uife to the men there, and 

 his example was followed by his feilow-villagers. Once a man sold his young daughter in this 

 way, but such an indignation was caused thereby among the people that the loaning business 

 was stopped. 



POLYGAMY AND JEALOUSY. 



247 — 251. Varions instances of polygamous marriages, in which the husbands for a longer 

 or shorter time bestow their favours upon one of their wives oniy, to the great discontent of the 

 rest vvho feel themselves neglected. In some cases the slighted women go away to other men, 

 which results in fighting. 



THE MOTHER WHO TOOK HER SON 'S FRUIT. 



252. A boy found a fruit which he asked his mother to roast for him, but she ate it 

 herself and gave him a bad fruit instead. The boy began to weep and could not be comforted. 

 A bad being heard him crying in the night, carried him away and killed him. The two had 

 been seen by an old woman who informed the people in the morning, and the bad being was 

 killed. — The boy's spirit told the mother in a dream to which place the being had carried him. 

 — The mother pitied her weeping boy and went to gather fruit for him. but she was killed by 

 some evil spirits. The people found first her basket and then her body, and killed the spirits. 



PARENTS WHO KILL THEIR CHILDREN. 



253. .\ woman who was bored by her incessantly ci'ying child caused it to be drowned, 

 and her husband approved of her action. 



254. A man who had not received payment for his married daughter caused her to die 

 in childbirth. 



THE TWO SISTERS WHO FOUGHT ABOUT A GRAB. 



255. Two sisters fought about a crab which one of them had captured. In their fury 

 they caused their house to catch hre and perished in the flames. 



THE BROTHERS WHO QUARRELLED, AND THE YOUNGER OF WHOM 



WENT AWAY. 



256. The younger brother stole yams from the eider brother's garden and was punished. 

 He went away and settied down in the bush at a place belonging to an atrraro (ferocious mythical 

 lizard) who recei\'ed him with friendliness, and they stayed together. They used to dance, and 

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