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between him and Atungulu, which lasted from sun- 

 rise till midday, when Reninga was overpowered and 

 eaten like his two brothers before him. 



Keninga, however, had a powerful fetich on him, 

 and came out of Atungulu alive. The King, on 

 seeing him, exclaimed, " How have you contrived 

 this, to come back ? " He then smeared him and 

 Arondo-ienu with alumhi chalk, and putting his 

 hands together, blew a loud whistle, saying after- 

 wards, " Reninga, take back your sister." He then 

 went and threw himself into the water, to drown 

 himself, through grief for the loss of his wife. 



Before dying, Atungulu Shimba declared that if 

 Arondo-ienu ever married again, she would die ; and 

 the prophecy came true, for she married another man 

 and died soon after. Her brother Reninga, there- 

 upon, through sorrow for the loss of his sister, threw 

 himself into the water in the place where Atungulu 

 died, and was drowned. 



At the spot where Atungulu Shimba died, a 

 stranger sees, when he looks into the deep water, the 

 bodies of the king and Arondo-ienu side by side, and 

 the nails of his beautiful wife all glittering like 

 looking-glasses. From that time, water has obtained 

 the property of reflecting objects, and has ever since 

 been called by the name of Arondo-ienu, and people 

 have been able to see their own images reflected on 

 its surface, on account of the transparency given to 

 it by the bright nails of Arondo-ienu.* 



As the day dawned hunger came, but there was 



* lenu means " looking-glass " in the languages of tribes near the sea. 



