164 Gunnar Landtman. 



harpooned two dugong. The next day his mother felt very proud of his feat, and they cooked and 

 ate the meat. They then had an adventure with a mamagårena, evil being, which was attracted by the 

 small of cooking. (Menégi, Mawàta). 



D. In Rep. Camhr. Ant/irop. Exp. vol. v. pp. 40 sqq., Sesere the Dugong Ilimter. Sesere 

 lived by himself at a place on the Island of Badu. He used to catch fish, but the people came and 

 took them away from him. One day he rubbed the skulls of his parents with scented leaves and lay 

 down to sleep close to them, and in the night the skulls spöke to him, instructing him how to catch 

 dugong. They advised him to go to a certain place in the bush where he would find a harpoon and 

 rope. Sesere caught many dugong, and the Badu men dressed up some of their number as dögs who 

 stole his meat. Again Sesere consulted the skulls of his parents and was told who the dögs really 

 were. Next day he killed four of them, and the Badu people came to avenge their dead friends. 

 Sesere changed himself into a bird and perching on the heads of the enemy caused them to kill each 

 other in their attempts to strike the bird. He remained a sesere bird for ever. 



Tom. XLVII. 



