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their spears and ran to the place of the accident. The crocodile had torn oft' and swallowed 

 part of Isâe's body and was holding the rest in its jaws, but it was unable to dive with the body 

 in its mouth. The enormous back of the beast was seen on the surface („all same copra-bag"), 

 although it tried again and again to go under water. One of the men named Bann ran the 

 beast through with his spear, and the others attacked it with their spears and axes. At last the 

 crocodile was killed and hauled on shore. The people opened the belly and took out the remains 

 of the woman, piecing the body together on a mat. „Oh, bad smell, big woman, fat woman," 

 the narrator observed. They burned the crocodile and threw the remains into the water. The 

 woman was buried. 



If a man dreanis that he kills another man, he will spear a male dugong, if he dreams 

 of killing a woman, he will spear a female dugong. 



The soul of a man while he is dreaming (lies about like a bird and sees many places. 



A dream in which a man finds himself in a place full of excrément forebodes the death 

 of somebody. 



There are many other dreams which have a certain meaning. 



389. (By Gibûma, Mawàta). His wife dreamt this. She saw many people dancing, not 

 Mawàta people but bushmen. They danced and danced. She saw a man during the dance give 

 luniiauio to a Mawàta woman, Imére the wife of Sâibu, and kill her. ') 



The next morning Gibùma's wife said to him, ,.I been see iii(iuniiio-man he kill Imére, 

 you go tell him (her)." Gibüma went to her and .said, „You no go bush, woman belong me 

 been dream for you, iiidunmo-man been kill you." For a short time afterwards Imére did not go 

 to the bush but stayed in the village, ahaid of what she had heard. But after a day or so she 

 went, and was killed by a sorcerer v^ith niâiianio. Hebiought her back to life again and she 

 came home, but on the way she was seized with a fever and began to tiemble violently. Her 

 husband asked hei', „What's the matter you fever (how have you got fever)?-' but she could 

 only say, „No, fever catch me along road." The fever lasted two days, and then siie died. 



This was a true dream. If that woman had listened to Gibüma's wife, she would not 

 have died. Had she remained three or four days in the village, that man would not have 

 killed her. 



390. (By Gibüma, Mawäta). Mamüsa once dreamt this. The Mawàta people all piled 

 up stones in a great heap, for they wanted to go up to heaven in that way. One man, Bäira, 

 was climbing with the others, and after him went a large snake. 



In the morning all were going to their gardens. Mamüsa said to Bàira, „You no go, I 

 been dream, you go first, and snake he go behind you." Bäira. listening to Mamüsa's warning, 

 stayed at home, and lay down in the house. After a while Ndmai called out to the others, 

 „Everybody come make fence belong me,'' All the people went to help Nämai make his fence. 



') Mmiamo is the word used for the sorcer)- of the bushmeu. They first kill a man and treat the body 

 in a certain wa}-, and afterwards bring hini back to life. The man has no recollection of what has happened, 

 but he dies shortly afterwards, 



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