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down beneath the house where his brother was. He was frighlened by a sorcerer and ran away, and 

 Wia and Bårani protected him. They gave him fish which in the morning he distribuled among the 

 people. (Manu, Ipisia). 



B. The two brothers went together in the night to see some girls, and the little brother was 

 left outside the house whiie the eider went in. The former had to wait a long time and began to cry. 

 At length he went on to the beach and found Wia and Bàrani there who gave him some fish. On his 

 return home the elJer brother got a scolding from his parents. (Obiiro, låsa). 



207. A certain boy of Augaromùba (not Far from Samåri) once carried away a certain 

 Ipisîa girl to his house, hut they vvere pursued by her father whose name was Dame. He shot 

 some arrows at the boy calling out each time, „Look out, my girl, look out, my girl! Oh, poor 

 girl, close up catch him!" The boy and girl escaped, and Däme wailed, „Oh my girl! Who go 

 look out (after) me? You go, you stop long time. You no sorry me, you no sorry mother." 

 The boy and girl stayed one month at Augaromiiba, and then some Ipisfa friends of theirs brought 

 them back and presented Däme with a great quantity ot food and various other things in payment 

 for his daughter. On seeing her Däme wailed, „Oh, poor my girl, no good you move from here, 

 more better you stop what place I stop." He distributed most of the presents among the people 

 and said, „Little bit something I keep him, because that girl he stop here, look out (after) me." 

 (Ganäme, Ipisia). 



208. At Küiiwisi, inland from Sagéru, the people were making a canoe, but one of the men 

 did not take part in the work. When the others went fishing in the canoe they did not give him 

 any share in their catch, and he was not allov\ed to use the canoe. He on his part refused to 

 let the people have any of the fi.sh and crabs he caught. At length there was a fight, and the 

 man's wife was killed, but afterwards peace was made, and all worked together. The people 

 helped the man to make a canoe. But he was still angry. 



One dajf he asked some of the women to go with him and catch crabs, but they refused, 

 and he had to go alone. On his return he lured one of the women to come into his canoe, pro- 

 mising her fish and crabs, and once she was there, he shoved off and went away with her. They 

 halted at a place in the bush, and he said to her, „You no cry, that's fault belong people, they 

 been kill my wife. I single man, that's why I catch you." They remained there and were never 

 found. (Biri, Ipisia). 



209. At Daväre there lived a very beautiful girl, and a certain Tabio boy used to visit 

 her at night. The girl had a brother who was in love with the sister of the Tabi'o boy, and the 

 two boys arranged to marry each other's sisters, exchanging the two girls in the usual vvay. 

 They used to meet at night on the path between Daväre and Tabio each one going to his sweet- 

 heart. But only the Tabfo boy was received by his girl, for the Tabio girl did not care for her 

 lover, and he had to content himself with sleeping underneath her house. 



One day the Tabfo boy brought his sweetheart home to his parents, and they vvere ready 

 to settle their marriage. The Daväre boy was asked by his parents, „Sister belong you, Tabio 

 boy been take him; what time you take him sister belong him?" „Oh, never mind, leave him, 



Tom. XLVII. 



