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and as it slowly got lower, here aud there they could see the tops of 

 mountains sticking out; and after the water had all gone down they 

 saw that in place of the level ground that they had known hefore the 

 rain, all round about them were mountains with rivers running here 

 and there. 



"One day wliile Uigan slept Bugan set out to see if she could find 

 some other people, for she thought that there must have been others who 

 escaped up into the mountains; so she traveled till she came to Mount 

 Alauitan, without finding anyone. 



Figan on awakening and finding his sister gone started out to look 

 for her and trailed her with his dog. On coming near Alauitan, he saw 

 a large smoke rising from the top of the mountains and concluded that 

 there were some other people saved beside himself and his sister, but, on 

 arriving where the fir€ waSj he found only his sister. 



"It was then for the first time that they realized that they were the 

 only peof)le left alive after the rain, so taking his sister with him Uigan 

 returned to Amuyao where they lived on an open spot cleared l)y them 

 on the top of the mountain. 



"To this da}' nothing grows on this spot^ and the print of Bugan's 

 foot is still to be seen. 



"In due course of time there were liorn to them five sons and four 

 daughters, Balangao, Honanga, Banol and Etnig, each taking a sister for 

 his wife. 



"There being only four sisters and five brothere, Igon, the youngest of 

 tlie brothers, had no one for his wife, and the other four brothers con- 

 cluded that as Igon had no wife it would be better for them to kill him 

 and thus possibly save themselves future trouble. So they killed Igon. 



"Then Bugan and Uigan said, 'Now that you have killed Igon, you 

 must kill some animals and have a feast to make peace with his spirit," 

 so the brothers caught a deer, Imt Uigan said, 'Xo, that did not cause 

 you any sweat, your dog caught that. What you have for this feast must 

 have cost you work.' So, leaving their dogs at home they went and 

 caught deer and wild hogs while their wives prepared the rice and bubud. 



"Then Uigan said, 'You must take the head of Igon and put it on a 

 pole and you must dance around it that the linaoua (spirit) of Igon may 

 be pleased.' 



"After the feast was ended Uigan commanded that they boil the head 

 of Igon till the flesh all came off the bones, and then fasten it up on the 

 side of the house so that they might always be reminded that they had 

 killed their brother. 



"Finally the brothers began to get jealous of one another, and each one 

 decided that he would like to have the heads of his other tliree brothers 

 to fasten up on his house; but Uigan and Bugan, knowing how things 

 stood, told them to separate, each man taking his wife and going to a 



