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mately a form that was pronounced correct, whereupon the 
translation into English was taken up, and one or the other 
point of grammar discussed. 
The stories thus recorded were: 
IN THE DIALECT OF BALBALASANG 
1. Sacha phyanug kan aphit; The eagle and the child; from the town 
of Balbalasang (Phyaiphyayasang). 
2. Sacha Changatag kan cha kaag; Changatag and the monkeys; from 
the rancheria of Phulayayau. 
8. Sacliat Iphudyan nangayau ud Pattekyan; Those from Buaya go 
on a headhunt to Patikian; from the rancheria of Pattekyan. 
IN THE DIALECT OF SALEGSEG 
4. Se AKukdna kennan chit pfuceya; Si Alugan bitten by an alligator; 
from the rancheria of Pfujfo. 
5. Ug-ukud kan Lumawig; The story of Lumawig; from the rancheria 
of Ka-wong. 
IN THE DIALECT OF GINAANG 
6. Ug-ukud chat man-aman nagchaydn; The story of the father and 
child buried by a landslide; from the town of Ginaang. 
To these texts is added: 
IN THE DIALECT OF THE TINGGIAN (ITNEG) OF ABRA AS SPOKEN IN THE TOWN 
OF PENARUBIA 
7. Mepanggep ta Itneg di Abra; About the Itneg of Abra. 
The last account, which was obtained from a young Tinggian 
student of the farm school already mentioned and is to my 
knowledge the first text ever published from that language, may 
afford students an opportunity to compare the Tinggian with 
the Balbalasang-Ginaang dialects which latter are said to have 
been influenced by their western neighbors. 
As regards the translation of the texts I should say that the 
liberties which I have occasionally taken with the English lan- 
guage are to be explained by the desire to reflect, as much as it 
can at all be done, the peculiarities of Kalingga diction. 
A list of the personal and possessive pronouns in all dialects 
here recorded is added at the end. 
PHYAIPHYAYASANG 
SACHA PHYANTJG KAN APHIT 
1. Sachit nasulit sin phopho- 
yoi ud Phyanakan iningkau 
chakkoi-ya phyanug. Inaikau- 
wa umoi sit phophoyoi mang- 
BALBALASANG 
THE EAGLE AND THE CHILD 
1. Long ago near the town 
of Banagan there lived a large 
eagle. Every day it came to 
the town to catch pigs and 
