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caughl hold of him. But the ôrigorûso came to his rescue and killed one of the men, and the 

 rest nev\' home. They told their fellovv villagers that thej/ had seen the hoy and that he lived 

 w'ith an urigorûso. The next day the people vvent to the hush to search for the bo\', and his wlfe 

 heard their voices as they called out to each other. The ôrigorûso commanded the two to remain 

 silent, and they ail listened and vvaited, and after a fruitless search the people returned to the 

 village. One day the boy secretly vvent home to his father and was received bv' him with great 

 j()>'. An ambush was laid for the ôrigorûso and the next day the monster and his wife were 

 killed by the people. The boy and his wife went and lived with the people in the village. (Biri, 

 Ipisia). 



1.37. .A Uoumiiri man was making a canoë in the bush with the help of some friends. 

 They took two months to finish it and then they asked the rest of the people to come and help 

 theni haul it to the village. There it was decorated and provided with an outrigger. 



When the canoë was ready, people went in it to an Island to catch crabs and fish. They 

 did not know that an ôrigorûso lived there inside a large tree. At night, when everybody was 

 asleep, the ôrigorûso came to the people's camp. The monster caught a man who was sleeping 

 close to the door of the hut, and strangled and ate him without anybody knowing. He then went 

 to each man in turn till it had devoured all the people in that hut, only leaving their heads, hands, 

 feet, genital parts, and bones behind. ^^ 



One of the leading men, who \\-as staying in another hut, could not sleep that night 

 but kept on waking up. „Who you?" he exclaimed when the ôrigorûso, having finished ail the 

 people in one house, entered the house where he was. The ôrigorûso did not answer but cam.e 

 close to him and caught hold of his arm. and the man again called out, „Who you?" „That's 

 me ôrigorûso." „Oh!" the man shrieked to the otheis, „ôrigorûso been catch me, you come!" 

 The men seized their weapons, and the women ran away. The men all rushed to the rescue 

 and shot the ôrigorûso with their bows and arrows, and when they had killed him they eut up 

 the body and burnt it on a large tire. They then went to look for the creature's lair, and at 

 last found it in the tree. A man climbed the tree and found the monster's wife and children 

 there. The woman asked him, „V\'here man belong me.'" and when she heard that he was dead 

 she began to wail. The man called to the others, „Wife belong ôrigorûso he stop," and they 

 urged him, „More better j'ou kill him." The man caught hold of her and the children and drag- 

 ged them out. They were killed, and the people burnt their bodies and the tree as well. They 

 returned to the camp, where they buried the bones of those killed by the ôrigorûso. 



On their return to Doumori the people informei,! those remaining in the village of what 

 had happened. „Vou been kill him finish, that ôrigorûso?" the others asked them, and they 

 answered, „Yes, I kill him finish." There was a great wailing over the people who had been 

 killed and the survivors held a festival in their honour. (Cf. no. 252; Bi'ri, Ipisia). 



138. The Ipisia people once vvent to Abaiära Island to catch crabs and fish, and while 

 they were there, some sailed back to Ipisia to let those who had remained behind have a share 

 in the spoil. On their return to Abaüra a feast was arranged, and the men drank gduioda (cf. 

 p. 14). While it was in progress two girls went to look for the eggs of „bush-fowl", not knowing 

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