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to draw it in the line broke, and his hook was lost. Greatly dis- 

 appointed with his misfortune, Kawulusan turned homewards, 

 and told his friend of his loss. 



' You must give me back my own hook, or give me ten others 

 instead,' said his friend. 



So Kawulusan went back to the sea to search for the hook. 

 In the place where he had lost it he dived into the water, and 

 when he came to the bottom he found there a level road leading 

 to a village. In one of the houses he heard the noise of much 

 lamentation and weeping, and the people were offering a sacrifice 

 of a pig for a maiden who had got a fishhook in her throat. 

 Kawulusan, who had entered, saw at once that she had got his 

 fishhook in her throat, so he said to her parents, ' This is 

 nothing. I will give her some medicine, and she will speedily 

 recover.' He then bade everyone to go outside, and when he 

 was alone with the girl he carefully drew out the fishhook and 

 hid it in his clothes. 



He then departed, having received from the parents many 

 presents ; but when he came to the place where he had jumped into 

 the water he found that his canoe had disappeared. Whilst he 

 Jvas still lamenting over this new trouble he saw a large fish, 

 which he immediately besought, saying, ' If you will bring me 

 safely ashore, I will give you the name Pongkor sumesengkat.' 

 His wish having been acceded to, he got on to the back of the 

 fish, and was carried at an astoundmg pace though the water. 

 Kawulusan was buoyed up with the hope that he would soon be 

 brought to the shore, but instead of that he was carried to the 

 extreme east where the sun is. Having found a road to the 

 west, he travelled until he came to a country in the sky just 

 above Pasanbangko. There he met three men, who asked him, 

 ' Where do you come from ? ' 



' I come from the earth,' he answered, ' and would gladly 

 return there.' 



They were willing to help him to accomplish his purpose, 

 and lowered him to the earth in a basket. When he was still some 

 distance from the earth he shouted out joyfully, ' Oh, father I 

 mother ! I am your son Kawulusan.' Full of joy and wonder, 

 his parents came out into their garden, and were rejoiced to find 

 that it was indeed their son who was calling them. The father 

 -then climbed to the top of a tree, and, cutting the rope some 



