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order, tlic dried meat of the spotted fawn, and now, moreover, he said: 

 "This ye two will have for provision." Now he also broke off three 

 fagots of wood, which, moreover, he gave to her. She put them into 

 her bosom, under hergarments. Then, veril}-, they went thither to the 

 place. The}' arrived at the spot where the earth was torn up, and then 

 he said: '"Do thou sit here." There, verily, she sat whei-e the earth 

 was broken off. There she hung both legs 'severally into the abyss. 

 Now, in so far as he was concerned, he, the chief, was looking into the 

 abyss, and there his spouse sat. Now, at that time he upraised him- 

 self, and said: " Do thou look hence into the abyss." Then she did 

 in this manner, holding with her teeth her robe with its burden. 

 Moreover, there along the edge of the abyss she seized with her 

 hands, and, now, moreover, she bent over to look. He said: "Do 



gwa"tho, tcisda'thieii"'a' oVa'hat'he"', o'ne"' di" wiVhe^'hen": 



next in or- spotted fawn it meat dry (is), now mnru- he it said: 



wa'thaia"kho"' 



" Na'ie" 



•'That (it 

 if) 



nen ge 



this one 



many 



gwagon'wii 



Her bosom in 



Wa'hni'io"" 



They two (m.) 



e"djadenna"da'." O'ne"' o'nf 



ye two will take for Now also he iteratively 



provisions." broke them 



niioko'"kho"'nage' ne" oien'da , na'ie' di" shago'wi'. Ena's 



so it wood sticks the it wood 



are in number (fuel), 



heiago''se""dr. O'ne"' hi'ia' ne"tho' nhe'honne'noiT. 



thither she them Now, verily, there thither they (m.) 



slipped. went.' 



tea" noii'we' iodo"iiwendjiadetha'en\ o'ne"' wii'he"'- 



the the place it earth is roughly opened, now he it said: 



where 



'Tho'ne"' sadiefi"." Ne"tho' hi'ia' wa'on'dieii" tea" nofi'we'' 



"Here do thou sit There. verily, she sat down the the place 



o"sa- 



odo"'hwendjiia"gi' 



it earth is sundered. 



Ne"tho' 



There 



agon wa 



abvss in. 



oSsadagoiTwa 



it abvss in 



wri'diondno"'de"'do""'gwiV ne" 



she hung her legs thereby the 



lieiagono"'de"'don'nio"k. O'ne' 



na 



that 

 one 



o'.sadagon'wa' hiVde'haga"h;i'' ne" ha'sennowa'ne"', ne"tho' 



it abyss in hence he his eyes the he chief (is), there 



ne" na" etgo'da' 



the that she sat the his 



that one wife. 



wa'he"'hen" : • ' Hwa'satgat'hwa 



he it said: " Hence do thou look 



has tixed on it 



ne" he'na". O'ne"" tho^'ge' wa'hatgetc'gwa' 



Now at that he himself raised 



time 



o'sadagon'wa'." O'ne"' 



ne 



thif 



ne 



the 



goien .? 



her robe 



■'it Wivo"'tco''hik tea" 



di" o'sadage"'hiadri"sho"' 



more- it abyss edge of it 



over along 



tca'k'da'' hwiVontgat'hwiV. 



forward hriice she looked. 



wa eienaun gwa , 



she it laid hold of 

 severally, 



Wa he"'hen": 



He it said: 



deiofida'kse'. 



she bore it on 

 her back. 



dl" 



o ne 



now 



up 



dondaie'a' 



just she did 

 it 



Ne"tho' 



There 



wtVdion- 



she bent 



' Otge""i 



" It is plain 



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