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Gongma hiithsa ; bat the boy was hit twice by Mi dbang red chirng's 

 spear, first in the head and then in the breast. He was healed 

 by Aiie bKur dmanmo who extracted the spear. Then he prayed 

 to his father mBa dfon gongmq and received from him good 

 advice, in particular, which arrows to use. With these arrows he 

 killed Ml dhang ral cJmng. In consequence of this defeat, king 

 Lho krah with his followers went off to his own countiy. 



To conquer Ljang^ however, the assistance of the female Agu 



necessary, and Agu dPalle was despatched to fetch her. He 

 found her sporting in dPal ytil (Nepal) together with a friend. 

 After some trouble he persuaded her to come. Two yaks, mother 

 and daughter, who offered themselves as food to the ladies, were 

 advised to go to dPahnoi astay's valley in the North-West, as they 

 would be safest in that valley. 



The army of gLing went before the castle of Ljang^ but could 

 not induce the men of Ljmig to fight. Therefore viDd dpon gong- 

 ma^s son, who is suddenly called rNa jyu ma rtsal, went off to find a 

 .means. He discovered a girl crying in a hut below the castle of 

 jLjang and asked her why she cried. She said, the reason was 

 that both her husbands bLoupo inig dmar and Mi dhang ral 

 cJmng had been killed by men of gLing, She added that it would 

 be possible to induce the men of Ljang to fight, if the servant-girl 

 who canned the water to the castle was killed. In acknowledg- 

 ment of this good advice rNa jyif^ ma rtsal in a miraculous way 

 caused the girl to be re- united with hLonpo mig dmar in a castle 

 on a far-off plain. 



When in the morning the water-carrying girl came (apparent- 

 ly from the castle of Ljang ^ the passage is not quite clear), the boy 

 killed the girl. The people of Ljang came in search of the mur- 

 derer and the boy betrayed himself by showing the jewel which 

 he had taken from the gii'l- He was thrown into prison. Once 

 three fishes which had been offered to the king, laughed ; and the 

 boy pretended to know the reason why. He said the fishes had 

 laughed because the queen was in secret union with the king of 

 the Ifiigas. When this was found out to be untrue the boy 

 was condemned to death. Then the men of Ljang could not agree 

 with regard to the kind of death. Therefore the boy proposed to 

 them to fetter him and burn him alive. 



Whilst preparations for the execution were made, the men of 

 gLing became troubled where mJ)a dpoi gongma^s son remained, 

 and, to find him, sent his younger brother ^ who took the shape 

 of a crow. When mDa djpon gongma^s son in his fettered condition 

 saw his younger brother, he asked him to tell Ane Wcur dmanmo 

 to send his horse. The horse arrived and remained unseen to 

 the men of Ljang, Suddenly the boy mounted it and killed many 

 men of Ljang. Then he returned to the army of gLing and 

 admonished it to advance. 



The daughter of the king of Ljang^ who was married to the 

 king of Lho krah, advised her father to use the power of the jewel 



A Apparently, the passnge is not qaite clear. 



