LAFLESCHB] Nl'-KI NQN-K'qn RITE 215 



100. I have been to a fifth valley, 



101. Where I saw the footprints 



102. Of some strange animal, 



103. Footprints that show the animal to have cloven feet 



104. And to be an animal of formidable size. 



105. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



106. The Ho"'-ga spake to one another, saying: O, younger brothers, 



107. Let the people of the Tsi'-zhu and those of the Ho^'-ga 



108. Come together, they said to one another. 



109. The people of the Tsi'-zhu and of the Wa-zha'-zhe came together 



forthwith. 



110. Then the Ho°'-ga spake to them, saying: O, Tsi'-zhu and 



Wa-zha'-zhe, 



111. Our younger brother, 



112. Wlio has been upon a journey, 



113. Tells us he has been to a fifth valley, 



114. That he has been as far as the fifth vaUey, where 



115. He saw the footprints 



116. Of some strange animal, 



117. Footprints that show the animal to have cloven feet 



118. And to be an animal of formidable size. 



119. It has been said, in this house, 



120. The people of the Tsi'-zhu and of the Wa-zha'-zhe, 



121. Without making a reply, without a word, 



122. Arose and departed without order and as though in swarms. 



123. Whereupon the speaker of the Ho^'-ga said: I had thought the 



Tsi'-zhu and the Wa-zha'-zhe 



124. Would make a reply; and this they repeated to one another; 



125. They made no reply. 



126. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



127. The return of the younger brother, 



128. Who had gone forth again upon his errand, 



129. Was known to the elder brothers, through their divining sense, 



though yet out of range of ordinary vision. 



130. He was neariiig home, 



131. When the elder brothers said to one another: We know our 



younger brother is returning. 



132. He is returning with quickened strides, they said to one another. 



133. Then as he appeared before them they said to one another: 



Receive him and speak to him, some of you, 



134. And in haste they received him and spake to him. 



135. Then the younger brother spake, saymg: I have been to a sixth 



valley, 



136. Where I saw the footprints 



