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"Yes," said he. Instead [of being' angry | his wife hiughed at him. 

 ■'That is all right, for I will go to ni}' father and get it/'''' 



The da}' after she went to her father l\v canoe. All of the servants 

 went along with the chief- woman. Supernatural- InMng- who- went- 

 naked also went. The}' started. After the\' had gone along for a 

 while, they came in sight of the town. Then they landed, and her 

 father came down to meet her. And he asked his daughter: " Wh}^ 

 do you come, chief-woman, m}' daughter?" "Why, father, we came 

 after the net.'' '* It is there in the house, chief-woman, my daughter.'" 



And he was glad to see Supernatural -beirig-who-went-naked. Then 

 the}' went in, and four hard white stones were put into the fire. When 

 they became red hot, they brought a tra^'made of white rock out from 

 the cornel-. They put them into it and placed it in front of him. 



Then his wife cried, " Ha"! hA"! every time I try to ])e happy (i. e., 

 to be married) 3'ou use this sort of weapon."' Then he told his wife 

 not to say a word. And, after he had swallowed his medicine, he 

 picked up one with a spoon and swallowed it. It even went through 

 the floor planks. He did the same with all four. 



Then they gav^ him a wash basin. After his wife had also washed 

 her hands, they brought out five black cod. And she told her husl)and 

 not to eat them. "' It is something different," she said to him. Then 

 the}' put these in front of him, and, after he had sat there for a while, 

 she said: " He says that is not what it is." Then [the servant] put it 

 back and they threw them out. 



Then they put some more in front of him. Those, too, he did not 

 eat. And she said: "'He says that that is also something difi'erent, 

 father."" Then they threw away the steaming* box and brought another 

 out, and they brought out five more black cod. Then she said to her 

 husband: '"They are black cod." They cut them crosswise and 

 steamed them. AVhen they were cooked, they put them into a dish. 

 And l)efore they had taken these, she picked one up. "Take care of 

 the hoiid and bones of this."' And she gave him another. She gave 

 him those ])arts of all five black cod. 



And she said to her husband: "Do not let them go. He will take 

 them out from inside your clothing so that you will not feel it." And 

 she asked him many times: "Have you the heads stilH" " Yes, here 

 they are."" Next day they started off. Again she asked her hus])and: 

 "Have you the heads?"" "Yes, here they are." "Have you the 

 black-cod heads?" "Yes, here they are." "Have you the black- 

 cod heads?" "No-o-o I wonder why He-who-has-spines-for-earrings 

 turned round smiling."*'' 



Hu hu hu hu hu, great (juantities of black cod were put into the 

 canoe. Then they landed and unloaded the black cod. And it was 

 evtniing, and they went to bed. 



After many nights had passed, the something Avhich had spoken 



