260 Gunnar Landtman. 



The owner of the banana garden missed the bunch which had been stolen and got into 

 a rage. „Who eut that banana?" he cried, „Night-time some man been steal him. That no other 

 man he take him, Sigäge he tai<e him." And he seized his bow and arrows and went for Si- 

 gäge, and they had a regulär quarrel. „I no steal banana belong you," protested Sig;ige, but 

 the other man persisted, „Oh, no, you no make him garden, you no got no hanana self, you 

 been steal my banana." „Vou no talk," said Sigäge, „banana belong you, g/vdri-man been eut 

 him. I shoot him that man to night. That givdn-man they dig him ground now, all them people 

 ery, you hear him. Banana he stop house belong me. \'ou no eome take him daytime, by and 

 by friend belong that man lind out, make givdri. \üu come little bit dark, night-time." And in 

 the evening the rightful owner eame and fetched his bananas. The friends of the dead givari- 

 man wondered, „Who shoot him that man night-time?" But they eould not lind nut, for Sig.ige 

 remained .silent and so did the owner of the banana garden. (Käku, Ipisia). 



176. A certain Ipisia man used to tish every night wilh a goiua (conical trap of 

 basket-work which is held in the hand and tilted över the lish in shallow watei-). .A giviiri-man, 

 who wanted some Hsh, one night went after him and mel him at the creek. „Ei! who that you?" 

 the man e.xclaimed. „VVhat name (why) you come?" „1 come look you. You give me alto- 

 gether fish." „No," the man said, „you catch him fish self." „Suppose you give me fish, I learn 

 (teach) you giväri." .,\'ou got givàriV „Yes, I got givàri.'' Then the man ga\e him all his 

 tish and said, „.All right, you no learn him (that) this time, another day you learn me." That 

 night the man only brought his wife three fishes. „You no talk," he v\hispered to her, „gh'dri- 

 man been come behind, he speak, 'You give me altogether fish, I give you givdri.' I give him 

 plenty fish. You no speak." ,,,A11 right, I no speak." 



The next day the two men arranged to meet again in the same place. But the tislierman 

 called his friends to come and said to them, „Night-time you come that place, you take bow- 

 ai-rovv. Givåri-man he come, you shoot him." After nightfall the men fully armed went and 

 lay in ambush close to the creek, vvaiting for the two fellows to come. They arrived and started 

 to fish as on the previous night. The man who was to be taught sorcery talked in a loud voice. 

 so as to let ihe others know where he and the sorcerer were. One of the men lying in wait 

 got up, pointed out to the rest where the sorcerer was, for it was very dark, and drew his friend 

 aside, and the next moment all the others rushed up and shot their arrows at the givdri-man 

 till he was dead. Then they left him on the beach and went home. 



hl the morning the givåri-man was missed by his friends, who began to search for him. 

 He was found by some women who went to catch crabs : „Oh ! oh ! givåri-man lie stop there 

 (here), somebody shoot him, plenty arrow stand up!" The friends of the dead man came and 

 took charge of his body, saying, „All time he make him givdri, that's why all people he shoot 

 him." (K;iku, Ipisia). 



177. Anéga, an Lisa man, used to catch fish by angling, and his wife cooked them. He 

 was a great man who entertained many people, and they came and sat down at his fii-eplace, 

 yarning and smoking. One night a givdri-man went undeineath the house and peeped in through 

 a hole in the tloor. One of the men in the house noticed that there was something underneath 



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