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and fruit grew up. From the effect of the nice food she became fat and healthy- She shared 

 the garden with her youngest sister, but the other girls grew thin from the food they were 

 eating. At length the two pitied them and gave them a part of the garden. 



TIBURi WHO MARRIED THE GIRL IN THE SWAMP, AND THEIR SON WHO KILLED 



THE WILD PIG. 



459. The girl One was catching fish in a swamp, and Tfburi swam under water in the 

 shape of a snatce and had connection with her without her knowing it. She bore a son, Nivfa, 

 and Tfburi fetched them to his place. The people had to flee. away from a wild pig, and 

 Tiburi went with the rest, but Ône who was pregnant was left behind in a tree and bore there 

 another son. He grew up quickly and was in a dream instructed by some spirits to kill the pig. 

 After that he went to see his father in Yam Island and brought home a wife from there. 



THE BROTHER AND SISTER, AND THE WILD PIG, HAWK, AND CROCODILE. 



460. The people fled away from a wild boar, hawk, and crocodile, which infested the 

 country, but a boy and his sister were left behind, hiding in a hole in the ground. Instructed by 

 his parents' spirits the boy killed the monsters. He had connection with his sister, and she felt 

 ashamed and left him. 



THE BROTHER AND SISTER AND THE TWO WILD BIRDS. 



461. A boy and girl lived together, and he used to shoot birds for them. One day he 

 was carried up into a large tree by two wild birds who kept him there. The girl eut down the 

 tree and rescued him. 



TUBE OF MASINGARA WHO WAS CARRIED TO A REEF ON THE TOP OF 



A BENDING TREE. 



462. Tiibe who lived with his mother was carried to a reef on the top of a tree which 

 lifted him up and then bent över. He speared fish on the reef. From the tree he saw a girl to 

 whom he gave some fish, and one day he brought her home and married her. 



THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO DRIFTED IN A CANOE FROM MAWATA TO YARUBO 

 AND WERE BROUGHT BACK BY TWO BIRDS. 



463. A Mawata man and woman drifted to Yårubo in a canoe. They remained with 

 the people there, and the woman bore three sons. In a quarrel with the Yårubo children the 

 three elder boys were told that their parents came from New Guinea. The whole family deter- 

 mined to return to their old home, and the two elder boys transformed themselves into a pélican 

 and sea-guU and carried the others över the sea. 



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