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" We have a strong one, the marrow of whose bones 



never wastes. 

 " We have one swifter than a bullet of molten lead. 

 " We have one more piercing than the sumpitan with 



ringed endings. 



" Samp ure we will order to gather companions and 



fetch the guests to the feast." 



So Sampure is ordered to fetch. Singalang Burong who 

 lives on the top of a hill called " Sandong Tenyalang." But 

 Sampure begs to be excused on account of illness ; upon 

 which Kasulai (the moth) and Laiang (the swallow) offer them- 

 selves for the work, with much boasting of their activity and 

 swiftness. With one bound they can clear the space be- 

 tween the earth and the " clouds crossing the skies." So 

 they speed on their way. Midway to the skies they come to 

 the house of u Ini Manang," (Grandmother Doctor) who asks 

 the meaning of their hurried arrival covered with dirt and 

 perspiration. " Who is sick of the fever ? Who is at the 

 point of death ? I have no time to go down to doctor them." 



Agi lelak aku uchu 



Baru pulai ari tuchong langgong Sanyandang 



Di-injau Umang 



Betebang batang pisang raia, 



"I am still weary, O grandchild; 



" Am just come back from plain- topped Sanyandang , 



" Having been borrowed by Umang 



" To cut down the grand plantain tree,"* 



They answer that they are not come to ask her to exercise 

 her medical skill, but simply to inquire how far it is to the 

 country of Salulut Antu Bibut, ( the spirit of the winds.) 

 Ini Manang joking gives them this mystifying direction. "If 

 you start early in the dark morning you will be a night on 

 the way. If you start this evening you will get there at 

 once." Whether this reply helped them or not they get to 

 their destination at last ; and the Wind Spirit accosts them. 



Nama siduai agi bepetang, agi malam ? 

 Bangat bepagi belam-lam ? 

 Dini bala bisi ngunja menoa ? 

 Dini antu ti begugu nda jena baka ? 



** Why come you while it is still dark, still night ? 

 " So wepf early in the dawn of morning ? 

 " Where fe there a hostile army invading the country ? 

 " Where are ifc&ve) thundering spirits in countless 



numbers ? " 



* This refers to a particular performance of the Dyak Manangs, i. e. 

 Medicine men. 



