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find her. She had disappeared, and when the women 

 saw that the bag was already full they all went home. 

 On returning next day they found plenty of sago inside 

 of the tree, and had no difficulty in filling their bags. 



Note. — Ulung Ania is the name for the elder of the two girl orphans. 

 Ulung Kabongon is the name for the younger. When her elder sister died 

 the latter became obon, and her name became Obon Kabongon. 



4. THE TREE OF WHICH ANTOH IS AFRAID 



(From the Penyahbongs; kampong Tamaloe) 



Tabedjeh wanted to go to the place where a girl, 

 Inyah, was living. On the way he met an antoh in the 

 shape of a man with whom he began talking. Antoh 

 said: "I am going to catch Inyah and eat her." Tabed- 

 jeh then drew his parang and cut off his head. But a new 

 head grew, and many more, so that Tabedjeh became 

 afraid and fled, with antoh running after him. He lost 

 his parang, then, after a while, he stopped and took sticks 

 to strike antoh with, but every time he struck the stick 

 was wrested from him, and he had to take flight again. 



He ran up on a mountain and antoh, in close pur- 

 suit, caught up with him sitting on a fallen tree. Tabed- 

 jeh was tired and short of breath, but when antoh saw 

 what kind of a tree he was sitting on he said: "You may 

 remain there. I cannot eat you now because I am afraid 

 of that tree." Tabedjeh took a piece of the wood of the 

 tree, which is called klamonang, and he went to the 

 house of Inyah to show her the tree of which antoh is 

 afraid, and they had their wedding at once. 



