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But the boy was not dead, and managed to get home with the help of his little brother. He 

 Said to him, „Suppose me dead, you make big i<aikai, give along pcople, friend belong me." When 

 they came into the house, he gave his brother all kinds of things and said, „I sorry for you, I go 

 die, I give you altogether thing." At daylight he died, and the women and girls assembled in 

 his house and wailed. 



The murderer's wife went to the bo\''s father, showed him the shaft of the arrow and 

 said, „Man belong me been shoot him." Without saying a word the father went home for his 

 weapons. He shot the murderer dead with an arrow, eut off his head, and went and put it 

 underneath the head of his dead boy. Not until he had done this, did he begin to wail over his 

 dead boy and burj' him, again placing the murderer's head as a pillow under that of his boy. 

 Lastly he held a great mourning feast. (Manu, Ipisi'a). 



246. Once a VVi(')rubi man came to Ipisia in order to buy coconuts, and gave his wife 

 in exchange to the Ipisia men. „Suppose some man he like wife belong me," he said. „he bring 

 some coconut, he pay along coconut." „No good you seil him wife all same," said the people, 

 but he maintained. „He all right, I pay coconut." Thus all the men went and slept with the 

 Wiörubi woman. They said to her husband, „You teil him other Wii'irubi man, suppose he come, 

 I do all same again." The man went home and told the people what he had done, but they 

 said, ,,0h, no good you do all same." „Oh, that's good," said the man. After that some other 

 Wiörubi men came to Ipi'sia and sold their wives. One of theni had no wife, only a daughter, 

 and he sold her, and vvhen the two returned home, she was so sore that she could not walk 

 properly. „What's the matter you (your) girl?" the Wiörubi people asked him,' and he told them 

 what had taken place. Then they all rose against the first man, who had sold his wife, and 

 cried out, „No good you been do that thing, teil him people!" „You fellow fool seil him girl," 

 he replied, „you fellow seil him wife, he good." The girl died, and her father said to the man 

 who had started the business, „AU right, you pay me, that's fault belong you." There was a 

 row, but in the end the man had to pay, for the people considered the fault to lie at his door. 



The Wiörubi people thought, „That fashion he no good, he belong pig, belong dog." 

 The Ipisia people said to them, „That s fault belong you; first tirne you fellow come, you take 

 coconut, seil him wife. Next time you bring sago, I give coconut." (Blri, Ipisia). 



POLYGAMY AND JEALOUSY (no. 247—251; ef. Index, The Family). 



247. A certain Tåti man named Buse had six wives. After working with them in ihe 

 garden he would say to tive of them, „You fellow go back first time, one fellow he stop; me 

 two go back behind." The five wives went home, and Buse came behind with his sixth wife 

 and had connection with her on the way. In the night he again slept with her alone. This 

 went on until the woman became pregnant. When her delivery was approaching, she asked one 

 of the other women to help her. „I no savy born pickaninny," the other woman answered, 

 „what's way I go born pickaninny belong you?" She received the same answer from the rest of 



Tom. XLVIl. 



