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him his dofis, and as soon us he hinds he will iii-<re thcni to find yo" 

 by saying, Twu'ai', twu'a'', tvm'd\ They will then begin to follow 

 your tracks from place to place, smelling and sniffing as they run, 

 and ever at their heels will be S'hagowenot'ha. Just as soon as you 

 know by the faintness of the sounds of these pursuers that they liuve 

 gone to some distant part of the island, you must come forth from 

 your hiding place. 



You must also make out of rough bark and soft wood three dolls 

 or figures i-esembling the human body. When you have completed 

 these you must make for each one a bow and arrows suitable for 

 their size. When you have finished this work you must place one 

 of these figures high up in some convenient tree crotch, and you 

 must fix in the hands of the figure, in the attitude of shooting, the 

 bow and the arrows. This you must do with the three figures. 



After taking breath, for he was, indeed, very weak, the man who 

 lay there a mere pile of bones said : " Yonder in the distance under 

 that prostrate old rotten log you will find my skin-pouch of fisher 

 skin, which do you bring me at once." The young man brought the 

 pouch of fisher skin to his uncle, who took from it a knife, a flint for 

 striking fire, and a piece of ])un!v. The knife he gave to the young 

 man. 



At once the young man began to fashion the three dolls which his 

 imcle had advised him to make. He made also the three bows with 

 arrows, to be held by these dolls or counterfeit men, which he had 

 been counseled to fix in the crotches of trees to deceive the great 

 man-eater S'hagowenot'ha, when he should come looking for the 

 young man to devour him. 



When the youth had completed this task he began to run over 

 the island in such manner as to mislead the enemy and his dogs. 

 The elder man cheered him in his imdertaking, saying : " Have 

 courage, my nephew; if you will perform my instructions with care 

 you shall live, as I have said." The young man replied: "So shall 

 it be as you have instructed me." 



Then, going forth with the three dolls, he selected for each one 

 a suitable ]ilace in which to secure the doll, choosing invarialily a 

 tree standing far from the landing place of the enemy. With some 

 difficulty he fastened the doll in a fork of the tree in such manner 

 that from the ground one might be misled into thinking that a 

 person was hiding in the tree. 



When it became dark he started for the spot near the landing 

 place which he had selected for his own hiding place. Having 

 arrived there he began to dig a trench large enough to hold and 

 fully conceal his own body, and in time he had quite effectively con- 

 cealed himself in the sand. ^Vlien night came he lay there quite 

 still, awaiting the return of his enemy, S'hagowenot'ha. He lay in 



