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nephew ! Compliance wilH the tonimund which the dream gave me is 

 very difficult indeed, yea, dangerous." The youth asked : "' What 

 did it command youT' The uncle answered: "Why, it commanded 

 me, saying you and he must barter by exchange, you and your 

 nephew; and it commanded also that this must take place early in 

 the morning, and that a calamitous thing would happen to you if it 

 should come to pass that t»lie barter by e.\change failed to take place 

 before midday." The youth replied: "So be it; we will attend to 

 this matter in the morning." Then the two returned to their re- 

 spective beds. 



^'erv early the next morning the old man. having arisen, again ad- 

 dressed the youth : " \ow you must go once more to the end of the 

 • lodge." Having gone there, the nephew kindled a fire. All at once 

 the old man in his place began to sing again, as before : " Yu'^hen, 

 yu"hlh. he and I are bartering by exchange; thou Gadjis'dodo', thou 

 who art my nephew, yu"'hen, yu"'henP As he sang the youth saw 

 that he came towai-d him. Having arrived at the end of the lodge 

 occupied by his nephew, the old man said: "Oh, my nephew I I 

 come to barter by exchange." The latter at once replied : " So let it 

 be; what, then, shall I give you?" The uncle's answer was: "Oh! 

 you have it certainly. You have what I desire." At this, then, the 

 youth began to offer his uncle the things which he ostensibly guessed 

 the old man desired. AVhen he had consumed sufficient time to mis- 

 lead his antagonist, he finally exclaimed : " Oh, my uncle ! I believe 

 that you indeed want the liver of a bear — the fat liver of a bear." 

 Quite deceived as to the mental acuteness of his nephew, the uncle 

 replied : " I am very thankful for this." Then they two made the 

 exchange, and the old man returned to his own end of the lodge, 

 carrying on his back the package of liver. As he went along he sang 

 his song: " 3'M"Ae«., yu"'hi'n, he and I are bartering by exchange, 

 y}i,"'hcn, yu"'hen; thou Gadjis'dodo', who art my nephew, yu"'hen^ 

 yu"'hen.'''' Thus the uncle returned to his seat. When the youth 

 thought that the old man had reached his own part of the lodge, he 

 7-eturned to his own bed. When he had reached it the old man said 

 to him: "Now, what the dream commanded me has been fulfilled. I 

 am thankful, too." 



Then the youth, having made the necessary preparations, de- 

 parted, going to tiie place where the skull of his other uncle pro- 

 truded out of the ground. On his arrival there, the uncle said to 

 him: "Well, what happened?" The nephew answered him: " C)h ! 

 we completed the exchange, and I passed through the test without 

 mishap." To this the uncle rejoined: "Now you must hasten to 

 return to the lodge. It is your turn to have a dream of that kind. 

 You, too, must kindle the fire by gathering great logs, so that you 

 may have a great fire. As soon as midnight comes it is for you to do 



