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The blind brulher could not see who was in Ihe iiouse. (Jn their retuin his brothers grumbled 

 at him saying, „What name (vvhy) \'ou make him dirty here inside house?" for the house was 

 untidy after the dance. „I stop here," replied the blind brother, „I no walk about, I no got no 

 eye. Suppose I walk about I lose road." 



Another day before going to work, the boys left their youngest brother (who was not 

 blind) to watch the house, and they rolled him up in a large mat. Again the girls came and 

 danced in the house, but the little boy could not see them as he was wrapped up in the mat, 

 and he too was scolded by the eldar brothers for allowing the house to become dirty. 



The ne.Kt day again the little brother was set to watch, but instead of remaining inside 

 the mat he crept out and saw the girls dancing. „This one belong tirst brother, this one belong, 

 behind brother," he thought to himself, counting the girls, „this one belong me." The girls were 

 all nude, for they had hung up their petticoats outside on the verandah. .At the i-eturn of his 

 brothers the little boy told them what he had seen, and then they knew who had caused the 

 dirt in the house. 



The follovving night all the boys lay in vvait in the house, and when the gii'ls came they 

 caught them, the eldest brother the eldest girl and the youngest brother the youngest. They all 

 married and held a large teast. One day they went to the place where the girls lived and 

 fetched the latters' belongings. The eldest girl restored the eyesight of the blind brother by untying 

 the string of her grass-petticoat and rubbing his eyes with the string. (Gibiima, Mawäta). 



199. At Trüpe four brothers named Wirare, Båhade, Pâepâe, and Tsitsh(')pu lived together, 

 and spent their time working in their gardens and hunting. One day Wirare while hunting in 

 the bush came to a place where four girls lived by themselves, and he was well received by 

 them and stayed with them över the night. They said first that they were married and that 

 their husbands were away but then he found out that they were single. He paired them of^' in 

 his own thoughts with himself and his brothers; he would take the eldest girl and his brothers 

 the rest according to age. After a little time he left and promised to come back in a few days. 

 He was received with great joy by his brothers who had thought him dead. The next day he 

 sent his brothers alone to the gardens, alleging to be ill, and when they had gone, he went and 

 built a hut at a place called Manibåde. The follovving day he took his youngest brother Tsftshiipu 

 to the hut and left him there, returning alone. Then he went and brought home the four girls, 

 giving each of his brothers one for a wife, but he kept both the eldest and youngest girl 

 for himself. 



Tsi'tsh(')pu did not like staying alone in the but, and one day went and looked for his 

 brothers in their garden. On seeing their wives he thought, „Oh, yes, that's why them fellow 

 been stow away me." He counted the girls and on seeing the youngest of them he thought, 

 „Oh, that's belong me, small one; oh, fine girl!" Thinking över what he should do, he made a 

 fish of wood and putting it into a large water-hole he said to it, „Suppose last (the youngest) 

 girl he come fill up watei'. you go inside ne (\'ulva) belong him," and the wood said, „All right." 

 The youngest girl was sent by Wiraro to draw water and while she did so, the fish jumped up 

 and penetrated into her vulva. ^' She called f<ir help and was carried homc. some blood ran fi'om 

 her Vulva, and she began to sing, calling out the names of the brothers, 



Tom. XLVil. 



