Ri'TUl LIST OF MYTHS AXD FOLK-TALES 111 



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How birds got their present plumage 225 



Hunting is no part of woman's work 226 



How the tapir pumshed the Indian 226 



The turtle and the aruresso bird 226 



Sisters bush-cow (tapir) and water-cow (manati) 227 



The first "makuari" whips 228 



The spirit of the rot saves the young woman 231 



The ite ]>alin and the mora tree 232 



The piai in the water spirit 's belly 244 



Sisters porpoise and sea-cow : 245 



The fisherman's water-jug and potato 245 



How the water spirit got the man's wife from him 247 



How the water woman secured a landsman for husband 248 



The moon-sick girl and the water spirit (Carib) 248 



The moon-sick girl and the water spirit (Warrau) 249 



How sickness and death came into the world 250 



Amanna and her talkative husband 251 



The story of OkoO-hi 255 



How the moon got his dirty face 256 



The legend of Bat Mountain 259 



The babracote and camudi ■. 261 



The legend of the Seven Stars 262 



The story of Nohi-abassi 263 



The legend of Serikoai 265 



The \\'oman of the Dawai 266 



The obstinate girl who refused the old man 272 



How the little boy escajied from the Caribs 273 



The night-owl and his bat brothers-in-law 276 



The candle-fly save<i the lost hunter 277 



The wife teaches her husband to hunt 279 



The bina, the resurrected father, and the bad girl 286 



The baboon cough 292 



"Shut your eyes and wish" 301 



The lucky pot 302 



Honey-bee and the sweet drinks 305 



A warning to wives 316 



The broken egg 323 



The little bush child 326 



The hummingbird with tobacco for the first piai 334 



Komatari, the first medicine-man 336 



Saved by a dream 342 



The medicine-man and the carrion crows 343 



The story of Koneso (Brer Babbit) '. 372 



The woman and the serpent OroLi 378 



The piai and the Earthquake People 378 



How the lazy man was ciu-ed 380 



Always be content 380 



The old woman who died of shame 381 



The man who interfered with his brother's wife 381 



The old blind man who wanted a woman 382 



How we beat the Caribs 383 



