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ment made the pair of oars assume the size of ordinary oars. Phxc- 

 iiig his canoe in the waters of the lake and boarding it the young 

 hunter soon rowed his way to the shore whence he had been kid- 

 naped by the envious young men. On binding the young man drew 

 the canoe ashore, and then striking it several sharp blows with his 

 enchanted arrow, it quickly assumed its former diminutive size, and 

 ne in like manner restored the pair of oars to their former dimen- 

 sions, after which he swallowed them again. Thereupon he wended 

 his way at once to his own home with his adopted grandmother. 



It was not long before it became village gossip that the young 

 man had returned home. Then his friends sent for him, asking that 

 he attend the shooting match and feast of venison given by the chief, 

 whence he had been kidnaped and taken to the island to die. Not- 

 withstanding this treatment, the young man consented to go to the 

 chief's entertainment. 



Now, the tutelar deity of the presiding chief was a hen harrier 

 called '»iwi"'nw2' in the vernacular. This the chief caused to float 

 in the air at double the height of the tallest tree, as the mark at 

 which all must shoot who were invited to the feast.*-' All the young 

 men who knew the nature of the prize that the chief had offered 

 as the reward for the best marksmanship kept shooting daily at this 

 bird floating in the air; but they were all shooting to no purpose, 

 for some of the arrows would not attain the altitude of the hen 

 harrier, while others which did so flew wide of the target. 



Finally, the chief said to the Master of Ceremonies: "Now, after 

 this, let each man try only once more and then let those who have 

 failed to hit the target retire . . . from the group of candi- 

 dates, and place them in a separate place from those who have not 

 made this last attempt." This was ordered, and as quickly as a man 

 took his last shot he was placed at a distance from those who had 

 not yet made the trial, lest some mistake be made and someone be 

 unwittingly given two or more chances. Finally, when all the can- 

 didates had shot, it was suddenly discovered that Djengo"se' had 

 failed to take his chance. All had failed before him to hit the hen- 

 harrier hawk, so his friend urged him to make the attempt, but he 

 as steadily refused, saying, " I do not want to kill it." Notwith- 

 standing his positive refusal, his friend placed his bow and arrow 

 in his hands, and with Djefigo"se' resting his hand upon it, he pulled 

 the arrow to its full length and then let it fly. The arrow shot up- 

 ward and transfixed the body of the hen-harrier hawk, which fell 

 to the ground. Then the chief himself informed Djeiigo''se' that in 

 winning the contest for marksmanship he had also won his daugh- 

 ter as the prize of the victor in this contest. 



Djehgo"se' informed the chief that he had not known until then 

 that there would be a prize for the winner in this contest for marks- 



