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The Ongwe las followed his dogs closely, singing as he ran, " There 

 are no dogs like mine; there are no dogs like mine." Suddenly the 

 dogs stopped, and the Ongwe las saw a boy in the tree pointing an 

 arrow at one of them. At once shooting an arrow at the supposed 

 boy, he brought him down. As the dogs sprang forward to seize the 

 falling manikin, the Ongwe las shouted at them, " Do not eat the 

 body ! Do not eat the body ! " But when he was al)le to see what 

 he had killed, he found that the dogs were tearing nothing but red 

 willow twigs. Then he was very angry and, calling off his dogs, he 

 urged them to follow the tracks elsewhere. 



It was not long before the dogs found another tree on which there 

 was a manikin with drawn bow and arrow. When Ongwe las saw 

 it, he exclaimed, "Oh! he will kill one of my dogs;" thereupon he 

 shot an arrow, which brought down the manikin. The dogs, rush- 

 ing at the falling body, seized it, but the Ongwe las shouted at them, 

 " Do not eat the flesh ! Do not eat the flesh ! " as he hurried forward 

 to take it from the dogs. When he saw that they were throwing only 

 bits of red willow from their mouths he was indeed very angry ; but 

 he set the dogs on the trail again. 



They ran on with Ongwe las following them closely. After 

 a while he heard them growling fiercely and found that they had 

 stopped at a pile of bones. Seizing his club, Ongwe las pounded the 

 bones, saying, " I have eaten your flesh long ago and still you try to 

 deceive me." Then, calling his dogs, he set them on the trail made 

 by Hodadeiion when he went to put up the second lot of manikins. 

 The dogs ran around with Ongwe las closely following them and 

 singing, ''There are no dogs like mine; there are no dogs like mine." 

 It was not long before they came to a manikin in the crotch of a 

 tree. Seeing the drawn bow and arrow Ongwe las said, " Oh, he 

 will kill one of my dogs."' At that instant the manikin shot an 

 arrow and one of the dogs dropped dead. Then Ongwe las shot 

 an arrow into the manikin, which fell to the ground. He shouted 

 at the dogs, " Do not eat the flesh ! Do not eat the flesh ! " Thereupon 

 they let the body go, but he found that it was made merely of bits 

 of red willow. 



Starting again on the trail, the dogs ran around for a long time in 

 every direction over the island. Finally Ongwe las heard the two 

 surviving dogs barking fiercelj^; they were at the bones again. Com- 

 ing up, he shouted: " Why do you deceive me? Long ago I ate your 

 flesh. Why do you trouble me now?" and, seizing his club, he 

 pounded the bones savagely. 



A third time he set out with his two dogs on a trail. The dogs 

 followed this until they came to a tree in which was a manikin. 

 This figure shot one of the dogs, killing it. Then Ongwe las shot 

 the manikin, which fell to the ground a mass of rotten wood. 



