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I will not, but if you have not, then I will." "I am free," 

 he said, "and have neither wife nor child." Reassured 

 on this point she consented. His brother and Aneitjing 

 agreed in the same way. The women said that they 

 wanted always to live where they had the tree with so 

 many good things. The men felt the same way, and 

 they went to the kampong and induced all the people 

 to come out there, and thus a new kampong was founded. 



Note. — Tipang Tingai means the highest God, the same as the Malay 

 Tuan Allah. It is also used by the Penyahbongs. 



12. MOHAKTAHAKAM WHO SLEW AN ANTOH 

 (From the Saputans; kampong Data Laong) 



Once upon a time three brothers, Mohaktahakam, 

 Batoni, and Bluhangoni, started in the morning from 

 the kampong and walked to another kampong where 

 Pahit, an antoh, had a fish-trap. They were intent on 

 stealing the fish, and as they went along they consid- 

 ered among themselves how they could take it. Pahit 

 was very strong, but Mohaktahakam said: "Never 

 mind, I am going to fight it out with him." Arriving 

 there they let the water out of the trap, and with parang 

 and spear they killed lots of fish of many kinds, filling 

 their rattan bags with them. Taking another route they 

 hurried homeward. Their burdens were heavy, so they 

 could not reach the kampong, but made a rough shelter 

 in the usual way on piles, the floor being two or three 

 feet above the ground. They cut saplings and quickly 

 made a framework, called tehi, on which the fish were 



