246 GuNNAK Landïman. 



you no kill him." „No," the eldest girl replied, „you last girl, that man belong me." .\nother 



girl said, „My man!" and another. „No, my man!" After some dispute they settled the 



matter: „He no can take one girl, by and by uther girl he kill him. More better he take 

 altogether girl." 



So the gii'ls all lived with the boy in his house. In one night they all becanie pregnant. 

 When they looked at each other they said, „Aiiio (nipple) belong you he come black." „^'uu all 



.same, Um." The children were bom on the same day, and this was the beginning ot the Biiigu 

 people. (Àbai, Mawäta). 



160. A Dibiri boy while Walking about in the bush camc upnn the house of the /'tisirc- 

 /jitsrrc (ef. no. 133). The girls were all away making sago e.xcept two who had hidden themseh-es 

 in their beds, and so he could not see them. The boy wondered, „Oh, who belong house, long 

 house, no man stop inside." While he was looking round, the two girls stole upon him aml 

 caught hold of him. The boy cried out, „Oh, you no kill me!" They said, „I no want kiU 

 you, you me marry." „No man hi stop here?" he asked them, „Where plenty man (all the 

 people) he go?" „No man he stop, that's all woman, all he been go bush make sago." The 

 girls spread out a mat for the boy, lighted a fire, and cooked food for him. He ate and afterwards 

 smoked. The girls made an enclosure of mats round the boy and themselves. When the other 

 girls arrived, they wondered what the mats were for, and one of them went to look. Greatly 

 surprised at seeing the boy she called the other girls, and they caught hold of the boy and tried 

 to pull him away from the Hrst two girls: „Oh, my man," they shouted. After a little tumult 

 the two girls kept the boy, and he married them. In due course they bore two children, whom 

 all the girls looked after. 



The boy grew tired of cutting sago for all the girls, and one day he said, „Me no one 

 man (not alone) he stop my place, plenty boy he stop." The girls at once said, „Oh, more 

 beitei- you me (we) go you (your) place, look man." They set off, and on approaching the place- 

 the girls said, „You go tirst look you place what boy he stop." The boy went on alone and 

 was received by his people with joy: „Oh, that boy he come, long time he been losi!" He said 

 to the boys in the village, „Oh, altogether boy, I teil you other thing. Plenty girl he stop that 

 place, I marry two girl finish. All girl he come up, he want man, more better you come that 

 place." „All right," the boys said. „altogether gii'1 he stop good place.-" „Oh, hj good place, 

 plenty kaikai, all same this place, sago, banana, sweet potato, coconut." He counted o\'er to 

 them how^ many girls there were, and they all went together. The girls were sitting silently on 

 the ground („he no talk, stop quiet"). The boy said, „Altogether girl you come, all boy he here." 

 All the buhére-lmhére got up and each of them caught hold of a boy saying, „You man belong 

 me, I catch you." Afterwards they all set off and came to the girls' place, They went into the 

 house, and the girls lighted a fire and prepared a meal, and they all ate together. The girls all 

 said. „Oh, he (this is) good; long time I stop, no got no man." (Käku, Iplsfa). 



161. Inside a lai-ge tree there li\ed an oronironi (cW Introduction to no. lOL!) and his 

 daughter. Once when looking out of the tree the girl noticed a fine young man named Tu, who 

 was Walking in the bush. She took a liking for him and called her fathei-, saying, „'S'ou come 



Tom. XLVII. 



