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7. Koet no madatngan ta pa- 
naglaani, nga dublena ta bolan 
ta ukop, agkakalsoda, daddi ba- 
bai-ye nga mapanda aglaani; 
koet daddi meet lalaki-ye daida 
ta agbetek kan agbonag-ga ag- 
yodong kadad pagei-ye. 
8. Koet no malpas ta laani 
ikuada daddi pagei dangi kandi 
baang dangi ta sannon mala- 
ngo. Koet no malango di pagei 
nin, ipasakaida kandi alang da- 
nin. 
9. Koet kalpasan datoe nga 
maappia rugiandan ta agappia 
kadadi an-annongda nga anna- 
wid. Koet no oad ta masakit 
kadaida agbalawada oenno ag- 
pal-laanda ta sannon malai- 
ngan di masakit-te oenno paka- 
wanena nidi nangkaro dobli 
nangi. 
10. Ket dato Itnoeg-e nag- 
gagitda meet nga aguangoel. 
Nalaengda meet nga agibaon 
kadaddi anak dangi nga agadal. 
11. Adu pai lameng ta anna- 
wid ta Itnoeg. Noem adiak mi- 
baga nga lisan ita. 
7. And when conies the time 
for harvesting the rice, which 
is the month of December, 
they go to the fields, the wo- 
men in order to cut rice, and 
the men, on their part, they 
bundle and go to and fro carry- 
ing home that rice. 
8. And when the cutting of 
rice is finished they put the 
rice in stacks in order to dry. 
And if the rice is dry they lift 
it up into their granaries. 
9. And after this work they 
begin to make their ceremonies 
which are customary. And if 
there is a sick person among 
them, they have the ceremony 
called “balawa” or the lesser 
ceremony called “pal-laan,” so 
that thus may get well the sick 
person, or that he may be freed 
from his malady (by the grace 
of him who caused it through 
his evil influence). 
10. And the Itneg are also 
industrious as workers. They 
are likewise intelligent enough 
to send their children to study. 
11. Many more yet are the 
habitual occupations of the It- 
neg. But I cannot relate them 
all now. 
