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he been corne, he look round woman belong boy belong him," and all the people came home. 

 They asked the woman, „You come look round woman belong boy?" Yes, plenty place I go, I 

 no been see girl all same I find him now." The two bands were still on the girl's arm. The 

 people Said, „You sleep now, to-morrow you go take that girl, nobody stop you." 



In the morning the girl's mother and father loaded the canoe with garden produce, and 

 among other things there were two large roots somewhat like taro, with large leaves; they are 

 called auhi. The Dibiri people summoned the wind to blow from the east. The canoe in which 

 the woman had travelled was very small, so they provided her with a larger one. When she 

 and the girl were about to sail, the parents of the latter warned them, saying, „You no sleep 

 along road, you go right away, catch you (your) place, you go night and day.''^^ 



The two companions set off and came to Kîwai, where the people asked the elder woman, 

 „You get him woman belong you (your) boy?„ „Yes, I finish get him." Next they reached Mi'bu 

 and then Übiri. At both places the people asked the woman, „You get him woman belong boy.'" 

 and she replied, „Yes, I get him." The same question and answer were repeated at the other 

 places which they passed, Kätatai and Old Mawåta (abbrev.). 



When they were about to sail up the Öriömu river, the girl said to the old woman, „You 

 me sleep here — too tired, you me (we) been come night and day." „All right," the old woman 

 answered, „you me sleep." They went on shore and lighted a fire, and the old woman spread 

 out a mat, saying to the girl, „You me sleep along shore." „No," the girl replied, „you sleep 

 along shore, I sleep along canoe." So they slept as the girl had directed. 



In the night a hlivai-abére came to the place. With a shell she eut off the top of one of 

 the auhi and hoUowed out the inside of the root. The girl was dressed in all kinds of beautiful 

 finery, given her by her parents, and the hiwai-abére stripped them all off and put them on herself, 

 Novare's two arm -bands among the other things. Lastly she put the girl into the empty åuhi, 

 and after replacing the top part threw the root into the water. When this was done, she lay 

 down on the girl's mat and even assumed her face. 



In the morning the old woman got up and called the girl, „Come on, you me (we) start 

 now." The hiwai-abére, lying in the canoe, replied in a moaning voice, „Oh, old woman, I got 

 fever, I too cold, no can get up." She broke wind all the time, as is the habit of the hiwai- 

 abére. *2 The old woman said, „Oh, good woman I been bring — vvhat kind woman you, make 

 people shame." She bade the hiwai-abére, „You lie down, I puU." She did not know that the 

 right girl had been thrown into the water, but the girl was still aiive inside the åuhi. 



The two fellow-travellers went up the Oriomu river and arrived at Péva. The old woman 

 called out to her son, „You come, I been get you woman now." She said to the hiwai-abére, 

 „You open him mat, let people look face belong you. Man belong you here, Noväre, he want 

 look body." „Oh," the false-hearted woman replied, „I no can open him mat, I too cold, I got 

 fever." Noväre wanted to open the mat but she kept it tightlj' closed. All three went on shore, 

 and the hiwai-abére prepared food for Noväre, but she did not cook it properly, leaving it half 

 raw, and the old woman had to help her. 



In the night a strong tide was running up the ()ri(')mu, and the full moon was shining. 

 Noväre was sleeping in the mens house. The duhi in which the young woman was enclosed 

 floated up the river, and she vvept inside the root, singing, 



Tom. XL VII. 



