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leave, he told the tv\o women, „You two fellow belong here along Kogéa," and then Kogéa un- 

 derstood. He brought an arm-shell, a necklace of dog's teeth, and a stone axe, and gave them 

 to Meséde. 



Kogéa summoned the west wind, and they started in the morning. He, too, and his 

 wives accompanied Meséde. Dihiri-Sagäru, who had stayed at Dämara-miiba, saw the canoe 

 passing by: „Oh, Meséde," she thought, „he go along Dfbiri now." She had parted from him 

 definitely since i\i!ling his four wives and lived at Damera-müba inside a large tree. There she 

 still remains, and the people can sometimes see her when she comes out from the tree carry ing 

 a bovv and arrows. 



Meséde and Kogéa came to Waboda and thence to Dübu-müha. They went on to the 

 Bämu river and Baru, and ascended to the top of a high mountain called Dàrâi. Meséde remained 

 on the summit thinking to himself, „All same Kogéa he stop along Daväne (which is a high 

 Island), more better I stop along hill, Dârâi." Many men have heard the report of his vvonderful 

 bow. Meséde and his wives coUected all sorts of fruit and gave them to Kogéa when he returned 

 to Daväne. Since then Daväne is noted for its fruit-trees. Kogéa brought with him pandanus- 

 trees, too, for making mats, and that is vvhy they are now plentiful in Daväne. Meséde called 

 up the east wind to carry Kogéa home, and the two brolhers and their wives wailcd at the leave- 

 taking. Kogéa and his two wives returned to Daväne, and there he still remains, living in a rock 

 from which he comes out at times. Sometimes he has the shape of a large snake, sometimes 

 that of a man. (Nämai, Mawata). 



49. Meséde and his younger brother Kogéa lived in Dfbiri. They cleared a pièce of 

 land together, and while Kogéa was away Meséde planted all of it for his own use leaving no 

 space for Kogéa's garden. Kogéa, who felt much offended, launched a canoe and sailed away, 

 although Meséde tried to persuade him to stay. He went to Näkäke, Göwobüro, Kfwai, Paräma, 

 Mawäta, Nùgu-gàbo, and vSäibai, and talked with the people in all these places. On arriving in 

 Daväne he climbed the high peak, and as he liked the Island, decided to stay there. He fetched 

 a stone from the water, shaped it into an axe and sharpened and hafted it. With this implement 

 he cleared a pièce of land for a garden. Meséde once came to see him, calling on his way at 

 the same places as Kogéa. The latter, who was still feeling annoyed when his brother arrived, 

 wished him to go back soon and finally told him so, but Meséde wanted to stay on. Kogéa then 

 passed into a large snake and frightened Meséde away. He was afraid lest Meséde should again 

 steal his garden. (Gaméa, Mawäta). 



A. Meséde once went to Daväne to see his brother Kogca, and when he had stayed there 

 some time Kogca accompanied him back to Dibirl. Meséde killed pigs for him, and alter a lime Kogéa 

 returned to Daväne. He lives there still, and Meséde in Dibiri. (Obiiro, låsa). 



50. Once Meséde, on his way from Dibiri, came to Nugu, who lives at Niigu-gäbo, a 

 place to the west of Mawäta. Nugu had an inferior bow and only vvooden-pointed arrov\'s, but 

 Meséde owned a fine bow and bone-pointed arrows. When Meséde arrived, Nugu said to him, 

 „Pcina (friend), you leave bow-arrow here where my bow-arrow, you me drink gdiiioda.'' But 

 he was deceiving Meséde, thinking to himself, „Oh, very fine gagàre (bow), 1 want steal him." 



Tom. XLVII. 



