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await his return, when she had carried out his wishes, he went to 
the female sun, and by representing that the moon had swallowed 
her husband and children, induced her to swallow completely her hus- 
band and child—the other two suns. To’ Eyran having thus gained 
hisend, returned to the moon, and told her she could release her 
husband and children, which she did flinging them out into the sky 
again. 
As soon as she discovered this deception practised on her, the 
sole remaining sun waxed very wrath, and withdrew in dudgeon to 
the other side of the heavens, declaring that when the moon came 
across her path she would devour her, a promise which she carries 
out at the time of eclipses. 
It was from this time, this separation between the sun and moon, 
that the division between day and night, and the rule of the moon 
and the stars over the latter took place. 
Till the time of Batin To’ Enran men used not to drink, no water 
“was to be had, and the sensation of thirst was unknown. It came 
aboutin thisway. One day To’ Eyran shot a monkey with a blow- 
pipe, and made a fire, and cooked and ate the monkey, after which he 
became sensible of a desire to imbibe something, and went about 
in search of water, but could find none, not even an “akar’”’ (water- 
giving liane, monkey-rope). The “akar” did not produce water 
then. Atlast he came upon an old jélotoug (a “ gétah”’) stump, and 
through a hole in it heard the sound of water trickling down below ; 
he fastened a ‘‘rotan manau ” (a variety of rattan of which walking 
sticks are made) above outside, and then let himself down into the 
hole by it till he reached the water, and there he slaked his thirst. 
He then made his way out again by the “ rotan,” and when leaving 
the spot he saw a large white /¢/dabi or Iabi-labi (a sort of turtle) 
issue from the hole with a vast body of water, and begin chasing 
him; he ran for his life, and called to the elephant for help, but 
they were driven away by the water; then To’ Enran met a tiger, 
whose help he lkewise begged, the tiger accordingly attacked the 
head of the lélébi, but could do it no harm. To’ Enrax continued 
his flight till he met a sélddang, whom he implored to come to his 
rescue, and the sélddang (a sort of bison) trampled on the /éldbi, 
but to no purpose. He next begged the aid of the rhinoceros, but 
