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guessed how the accident had happened. His friend who had promised him feathers was accused 

 of having caused his death, and there was a fight after which he gave payment to the relatives 

 of the dead man. After that incident the people made it a rule not to promise anybody a present 

 a long time beforehand but to give it at once. (Kâku, Ipisi'a). 



320. At Davâre in Düdi a man named Sâi was once caught in a pig-trap which had 

 been set by another man namet Soréa. The latter thought that he had caught a large pig in the 

 trap but fcund that it was a man. He was blamed for Säi's death, and after a fight had to give 

 payment for him. (Japi'a, Ipisi'a). 



A. A certain Davâre man once got into a pig-trap and when struggling to get free he and 

 the trap fall into a creek and were carried away by the current. The owner thought that somebody 

 had stolen the trap and was very angry. (Manu, Ipisia). 



321. Gtibu, a Sagéru man, and his wife had a son named Manu. When the boy grew 

 up his father made him a small bow and arrows, and he went out and shot some fish which he 

 brought to his father asking him whether they were edible or not, and Gubu instructed him in 

 this respect. ^ After a time Giibu made him a large bow and arrows, and Månu started to shoot 

 pigs and other game in the bush, and each time he asked his father whether the animais could 

 be eaten or not. Låter on he began to kiU people who helonged to différent tribes, and brought 

 home their heads. At first he killed one man but gradually as many as four at a time. In the 

 end the enemy came to retaliate, a îd Månu was killed. 



There is a similar tale by the same narrator referring to a Dibiri man named Kagäro, his 

 wife Ebi'a and their son. The boy used to shoot fish and låter on différent animais and birds in 

 the bush, bringing them home to his tather to ask him whether they were edible. He also started 

 to kill people and eut off their heads and genital organs. Many people came to fight him but 

 could not conquer him. One day he found a man who had two daughters and he remained 

 with them, married the girls, and also brought his parents to live there. He taught the people to 

 plant gardens and make canoës. Once when they were sailing ahout the canoe was wrecked, 

 and the people all perished excepting him. Thenceforth he .spent his time wailing över his wives 

 and friends who were drowned. (Duåba, Oromosapüa). 



C. ADVENTURES WITH CROCODILES (no. 322—326 ef. Index, Crocodiles). 



322. Some låsa people were once sitting on the bridge över the Oromoturi creek. They 

 did not know that there was a crocodile down in the water. They were warned by some people 

 on the shore but thought that the water was too shallow to harbour a crocodile. Gradually the 

 tide rose bringing the crocodile higher and higher towards the men. All of a sudden the beast raised 

 its head out of the creek and caught three of the men dragging them under water. There they 

 disappeared, and the people on shore cried out, „Oh, I been teil you finish, you big fool stop 

 along ladder (bridge)!" The wives of the three men wailed. The next day the people resumed the 



Tom. .KL\11. 



