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  THE 
  QUEST 
  OP 
  FOOD 
  265 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  89 
  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  90 
  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  do 
  n 
  ba 
  ga 
  

  

  91 
  Zhu 
  'to^ha 
  no 
  n 
  zhi" 
  hi 
  

  

  92 
  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  do 
  n 
  ba 
  ga 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  93 
  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  lie 
  he 
  

  

  94 
  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  thi(;po 
  n 
  a 
  

  

  95 
  Zhu 
  'to^ha 
  no"zhi 
  n 
  hi 
  

  

  96 
  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  thizha 
  

  

  97 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  98 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  bacno 
  n 
  a 
  

  

  99 
  

  

  Zhu 
  'to 
  n 
  ha 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  hi 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  baeno 
  n 
  a 
  

  

  

  26 
  

  

  101 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  102 
  

  

  Wi 
  aHhigtha 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  Zhu 
  'to 
  n 
  ha 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  hi 
  

  

  104 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  thata 
  

  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  First 
  stanza. 
  1. 
  yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  

   thilcuthe 
  , 
  meaning 
  "to 
  hasten." 
  The 
  process 
  of 
  change 
  in 
  singing 
  

   the 
  word 
  was 
  from 
  thilcuthe 
  to 
  thelcothe, 
  and 
  then 
  on 
  to 
  yohothe, 
  the 
  

   first 
  syllable 
  being 
  dropped 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  free 
  vowel 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  o 
  in 
  

   beginning 
  the 
  song. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  probable 
  change 
  the 
  line 
  would 
  

   read: 
  'yokohothe 
  he 
  he, 
  yolcoho 
  representing 
  the 
  vowel 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  syllable 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  thelcutlie, 
  and 
  the 
  syllables 
  he 
  he 
  the 
  

   vowel 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  syllable, 
  the. 
  The 
  line 
  would 
  thus 
  

   mean 
  "Hasten!" 
  

  

  2. 
  wi, 
  I. 
  In 
  this 
  song 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  Maize 
  that 
  speaks. 
  a^do 
  n 
  ba, 
  

   behold 
  me 
  (a 
  n 
  , 
  me; 
  do 
  n 
  ba, 
  see 
  or 
  behold) 
  ; 
  ga, 
  the 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  command. 
  

   3. 
  h) 
  n 
  , 
  root; 
  duba, 
  four; 
  ha 
  no"zhi 
  n 
  , 
  I 
  stand 
  (the 
  "h" 
  is 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  a 
  in 
  singing) 
  ; 
  hi, 
  vowel 
  prolongation. 
  

  

  Second 
  stanza. 
  7. 
  abe, 
  leaves 
  — 
  a 
  general 
  term; 
  he, 
  vowel 
  con- 
  

   tinued; 
  wi 
  n 
  axchi, 
  one. 
  

  

  Third 
  stanza. 
  11. 
  no 
  n 
  ba, 
  two. 
  

  

  Fourth 
  stanza. 
  15. 
  tha'bthi 
  n 
  , 
  three. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  stanza. 
  19. 
  du'ba, 
  four. 
  

  

  Sixth 
  stanza. 
  23. 
  ca'to 
  n 
  , 
  five. 
  

  

  Seventh 
  stanza. 
  27. 
  sha'pe, 
  six. 
  

  

  Eighth 
  stanza. 
  31. 
  pe'tho 
  n 
  ba, 
  seven. 
  

  

  Ninth 
  stanza. 
  35. 
  'Jcite, 
  u'lcite, 
  the 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  stalk, 
  the 
  node 
  — 
  

   a 
  general 
  term 
  for 
  joint, 
  in 
  an 
  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  growth; 
  he, 
  vowel 
  

   prolongation. 
  

  

  