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there alongside creek, nobody go there, he (she) wild one, kaikai man raw." The children little 

 thought that one of the men in the canoe was just such another uondeirul heing. 



When the tide turned, the two men paddled back. On reaching the place where Pamöa 

 had come up, Ivögu said, „Father, what thing (of the game they had killed) you want him, you 

 take self." „Oh," Pamöa answered, „little bit meat 1 take him, enough me, no good I take plenty." 

 He took a small pièce of meat and went down into the river, and Ivögu returned home and 

 shared his spoil with his younger brother. 



The next day the younger man wanted to make the same journey, and Ivcigu warned 

 him, „You no go, he got devil-woman there he stop, by and by he kaikai you." But the boy 

 said, „No matter, what strong (strength) you got, I got. \o matter that devil-woman — I kill 

 him." Taking with him his bow and arrows he paddled up the river in his canoe, the tide 

 carrying him along. He caught fish with a line and shot some kangaroo and birds. Pamöa, float- 

 ing on the water, heard the canoe coming and wanted to climb into it, but the man resisted 

 him, „What name (why) you come," he .said, „no canoe belong you!" He hammered on f^a- 

 möa's hands with his paddle, but the latter pushed his way in, and the other man could not 

 stop him. They went on together and shot some fish, birds, and kangaroo on their way. When 

 they came back with the ebbing tide, the man did not allow Pamöa any share in the game, and 

 his companion had to go empty-handed into the water. On aniving home he did not give his 

 brother anything either. 



Another time the elder brother, Iv(')gu, again set out on the same trip. He shot some 

 birds and caught fish with a line, and on encountering Pamöa, who was fioating on the water 

 in wait for him, he took him up into the canoe. They went on together and came to the won- 

 derful coconut-tree of which the people thought so much. Ivögu tied a string round his ankles, 

 and climbing the tree knocked down some nuts which feil into the water. The luwai-aberc who 

 owned the tree had gone away, instructing the tree to call out to her in case anybody came to 

 take nuts, and the tree sang in a wailing voice, 



„Mäu mo scpäte daltike datiike mdu! — Mother, he puU my ear now!" by „ear" meaning 

 „bunch of nuts". 



The hiwai-abére, who was working in her garden, suddenly hurt her foot on her digging 

 stick and thought, „My God, 1 no all same'before; somebody humbug my pickaninny, that's why 

 I stick him along leg!" Throwing away her digging stick she picked up her wooden spear and 

 came running. Ivögu was up in the tree which bent över the river. Pamöa had made a tally 

 of the bones of the fish and game which Ivögu had given him by tying them to a rope which 

 he lengthened for each bone. In order to save his friend he threw him the rope, the end of 

 which caught in the top of the tree. He shouted to Ivögu, „You come, ladder belong you here, 

 you no go along tree, you come along that line." Ivögu climbed down, and Pamöa shook the 

 end of the rope free. They picked up the coconuts out of the water and paddled off. The hiwai- 

 abére threw her spear after them but missed them, and they escaped. On parting from his friend 

 Ivögu said, „Father, what thing you want him, him he there, you pick him up," but Pamöa 

 answered, „What name (why should) I take him.' I no proper man — two, three pièce, that's 

 enough. Belong you — keep him, you got pickaninny; I no got proper place, what's way (how) 



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