544 THE GEGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
262, 12. Supply “ké” after “Man/dehi.” 
262, 13. Read: “ag¢a¢i™-bi ega™, yéqaiiga ¢inké/di aktbiamaé.”—D. 
263, 2. Supply “‘¢a"” after “Cinan’déqti”; and after “cinande” in the next line. 
263, 19-20. Read: “ypAci ag¢i-zmaji yi, égi¢e ¢ag¢é tai ha, 4-biama yéyanga aka.” 
264, 1-2. Read: “Maqide d‘tiba dhigi gaqta"’-bitéama yi, naji té ama.” 
264, 11. Omit ‘Gaé-biam4.” 
264, 14. Supply “yx,” if, after “ana™bixa™.” 
264, 15. Omit the second ‘“4-biama.” 
265, 1. Change the last sentence, thus: “Oi yéjanga aka, Hin+!” ete. “And the 
Big turtle said, ‘Hi"v again.” This makes the Big turtle cry out twice. (But I prefer 
the text as dictated, which refers this sentence to oue of the men as speaker.—D.) 
265, 3. Omit “aka” after “ yéjatiga.” 
265, 13. Change “ weaqaq4” to “weaqaqai ha.” 
265, 15. Change “@é¢andi” to “@é¢andii ha.” 
265, 18. Change “endqtci é¢a"be ama” to “enaqtci é¢a"be g¢i-biama: alone— 
in sight—he sat, they say.” 
266, 3. For “‘¢ané?” read “¢ané 4.” 
266, 7. Supply the interrogative, “a,” after “‘taté.” 
266, 8. Insert ‘‘‘i¢e,” he promises, between “a™¢acta” and “a¢a.” 
266, 9. Read: “@aqta-bi é hi, 4-biama. Hi-uta™na ¢aqta-bi é ha, 4-biama.” 
267, 7; 267,14. Change “aki-biam4” to “ki ama, it reached there again, they say.” 
267, 9. The Swans sewed up the pouches of the Pelicans. 
267, 13. Insert “gé” between “nade” and the verb. 
267, 17. Supply “aka” after “ypé,atiga.” 
268, 1-2. Read: “U¢ica" ma™¢i"-biama, déxe ¢a™ gig¢asa¢u ma"¢i™-biam4.” 
268, 13. Supply ‘‘ama4” after “ Nikaci*ga.” 
268, 15. Supply “‘té/cti” after “icta ¢ingai.” 
268, 17. Change “waq¢i” to “awaq¢i, I killed them”; and “¢iaq¢i-hna™i” to 
“¢idq¢i-na™i-ma, those who killed you regularly.” 
277, 1. Change the first sentence, thus :— 
“Tatwang¢a® wi &di-¢a® ama; héga-baji-biama.” 
* Nation one itwasthere,theysay; nota few, they say. 
279, 7. Change “baxt 6/di” to “baxt ké/di,” at the peak. 
279, 17. Omit “Hinbé ¢a"™;” and read: “Niaci"ga pahan’ga ta™ himbé wati ¢a™ 
¢ionuda-bi ega™,” ete. 
280, 1. Supply “¢a” after “ Himbé.” 
287, 1. Change the first sentence to ‘“Nikacitga d‘iba 4i amaéma.” 
People some camped, they say. 
287, 4. Supply “aka” after “mi™jiiga.” So in 288, 5. 
288, 6. Change “wékinag¢i" té” to “wékinaq¢i-bi ega”, having hurried to get 
ahead of her.” 
288, 8. “E¢a+!” The women say this when their husbands die. 
289, 17. ““Kgi¢e” is of doubtful use here. Omit it. 
290, 3. Supply “ama” after “mi™jinga.” 
298, 10. Omit “Wa‘t” and “mi”jinga.” 
298, 16-17. Read: “Us4-biam4 yi, cide té sib’ ama4.” So in 299, 1-2: “Ci usa- 
biama yi, cide té gaqti ama.” 
