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was a sorcerer, and so right there he spoke aloud into the air and said, 

 "My friend, please do give me back that, my gold, for you can not 

 make any use of it. That is my life. Moreover, I can not stay 

 long in any one place. Pray do give it back to me quickly and if 

 you give it to me you ^ill have good luck, for that you will always 

 have an abundance of money and you will not lack in hunting." 

 Tlien the man spoke to him and said, "Then I will give you back 

 your gold, but then don't cheat me." And he, Bmul«', said, "I 

 can not cheat you. If you are afraid of me so now mount upon my 

 back and hold tight to me for very fast we shall go." Accordingly 

 the man mounted upon the back of Bmuh' and the great magician 

 started off traveling so fast, because that Bmule' could even rise in the 

 air, and then they came to the end where he brought him, Bmule"s 

 country, as it is called. Great magicians lived there. Just at noon 

 time these magicians assembled at that place and slept together. 

 Then this Bmule' bringing him right to this country put him down 

 and said to him, "Here j'ou may hunt beavers and otters. So hurry 

 and get ready. Just until 1 o'clock you can stay, and after you have 

 hunted, skin your game quickly and bundle up your hides. JJntil 

 then I must go somewheres. It shall not be for a long tune and I 

 shall come back before the great magicians wake up, and carry you 

 back again to the place where I got you." Accordingly at once the 

 man did as his friend told him and he hurried on with it and he 

 hunted beavers and otters and after he had killed them he cut off 

 some meat and skinned them, quickly he proceeded with haste and 

 then bundled up his hides, and after he was ready he thought to 

 himself, "It must now be about 1 o'clock surely." And he thought 

 again, "My friend said what was true." But he did not know how 

 far his friend had to come from, forasmuch as he could not stop 

 anywhere since he was always traveling in the air. Suddenly then 

 a great trembling he heard arise from the earth and he thought on 

 accoimt of so much disturbance that the world was about to come 

 to an end. But behold it was this his friend coming along. Then 

 Bmule' came bounding up and Bmule' said, "Quickly jump upon 

 my back, it is already time for the magicians to wake up." Ac- 

 cordingly then the man jumped upon his friend's back with his 

 hides that he had secured, and Bmule' started off going so fast that 

 one could only imagine it. Then he brought him to where he had 

 been formerly. After he had warmed up his belly and his head, 

 he said, "Never again will we see each other, but nevertheless you 

 win forever have good fortune and besides you will live long." And 

 here my story is ended. 



