292 Gunnar Landtman. 



B. A Kiwai man named Simårobe had inlercourse with his female dog in the bush, and it 

 bore a boy in a small hut there. The man brought food for the animal, and it suckled the boy. 

 Låter on it caught various kinds of spoil for him. One day the man took the child home, showed it 

 to the people, and told them how it had been born. The boy grew up to be a man, and the dog 

 died. (Tâmetâme, Ipisia). 



G. A certain Sagére man was in the habit of having inlercourse wiih his dog in his house, 

 and once the dog ran away to another place and bore a boy there. The child grew up and was 

 provided by the dog with a bow and arrows. One day the boy was found by a certain girl, and 

 after talking together they married each other. On another occasion they went to the girl's village and 

 there he married a number of other girls as well, although his first wife did not like it. He also met 

 his father, they setlled down in the same place, and the boy gave him five of his girls in marriage, 

 keeping ten girls for himself. (Ibia, Ipisia). 



D. A man cohabited with his dog, which resulted in the birth of a boy, whom the dog 

 looked after. The father now and again came to see his son, pierced the septum of his nose and 

 decorated his ears in the usual way. The boy learnt to shoot. Il happened that the falher was killed 

 in another place, and when Ihe boy grew up, he went and took revenge. (Japia, Ipisia). 



E. At Djibu lived a bushman named Aworamu who had no proper house, but used to sleep 

 in the grass like a pig, making for himself a kind of a shelter there. He fed on bamboo scrapings. 

 One day he was visited by a Kiiru man who on hearing that he had no wife gave him a female dog 

 to espouse. The dog bore him a boy who in course of time grew up and married a Täti girl. They 

 had twö children, a boy and a girl, who married each other. The boy and his father built a house 

 and lived there. (Dagiiri, Ipisia). 



229. Not far from Böigu is another Island named Kusåro, and there lived a woman 

 named Pösiposi. In the same place lived an oriogonlho, (ef. no. 135), who had a fire but did 

 not share it with Pösiposi. In Jögo on the mainland lived a man named Kinu. He was unmarried 

 but fervently wished for a wife. In order to satisfy his désire he „humbugged" a hole in a tree 

 and also did the same with a hole in the ground. One day he caught a female turtle alive and 

 hauled it to his house and there had connection with the animal and felt veiy pleased. The 

 turtle was quite tame and used to walk about at will, alvvays returning to the house. One night 

 the turtle bore a boy outside the house. On hearing the noise Kinu lighted a torch, but he was 

 so frightened when he saw the baby that he ran into the house, for he had never seen a child 

 before. In the night, however, the spirits of his parents came to him in a dream and said, 

 „Kinu, that's pickaninny. Me two fellow been make you all same. Pickaninny belong you, more 

 better you take him." In the morning Kinu took the child into the house and carefully looked 

 after it, but the turtle went back to the water. The boy grew up, eut his teeth, and started to 

 crawl. After a time he learnt to run and was taught to shoot, and his father was very happy. 

 Kinu had never seen a canoe, but one da\' the boy made one. „You been stop all same fool, 

 you no sa vy nothing," he said to his father. One day they saw the smoke from Kusäro and 

 sailed över there. Thej' met P(')sipösi and went into her house, and as she had no fire they 

 lighted one for har. Scenting the smell of their cooking the öriogoriilio came forth and accused 



Tom. XLVII. 



