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



173. The Ho°'-ga spake to one another, saying: 0, younger brothers, 



174. Let the people of the Tsi'-zhu and those of the Wa-zha'-zhe 



175. Come together, they said to one another. 



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



forthwith. 



177. Without speaking 



178. The people arose and departed as though in swarms. 



179. Then the speaker of the Ho°'-ga said: I had thought the people 



of the fsi'-zhu and those of the Wa-zha'-zhe 



180. Woidd make some reply, but 



181. Without a word they arose and departed as though in swarms.'^ 



182. Veril}', at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



183. The Ho^'-ga spake to one another, saying: Our younger brother, 



184. Who has been upon a journey, 



185. Has been to a seventh valley, 



186. Where herds of animals, 



187. Seven in number, 



188. He tells us he has seen. 



189. He continued his journey beyond the seven herds of animals 



190. To a prominent hill, 



191. Upon the summit of which he stood, 



192. From which place he beheld a line of groves cut here and there 



by interveiiing spaces. 



193. In each of these groves he saw people. 



194. He tells us he saw smoke constantly shooting upward from their 



dwellings among these groves, 



195. That these strange people 



196. Are formidable in their personal appearance and in their num- 



bers. 



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



198. They said to one another: O, younger brothers, 



199. Let the people of the Tsi'-zhu and those of the Wa-zha'-zhe 



200. Come together, they said to one another. 



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



forthwith, 



202. And the Ho°'-ga spake to them, saying: 0, Tsi'-zhu and Wa- 



zha'-zhe, 



203. Our younger brother 



204. Has returned from his journey in a great state of alarm. 



205. He has traveled to a seventh valley, 



206. Where, he tells us, he saw herds of animals, seven in number, 



i« Lines 172 to 181 were evidently repeated unintentionally and should be skipped and the reading con- 

 tinued (rem line 182 in order to complete the sense. 



