BY THE REYD. 
90 — D udok nyerungkong 
baka paong kladi lan- 
tang, 
Dudok ngemtam di ti- 
kai bemban a n y a m 
beleman besiku ense- 
luang, 
Dudok di tikai beling- 
kok baka mayau tin- 
do k di telok tajau bu- 
jang.' 
91—Tangkap me si rap 
buah pinang, sepi sedi 
gambir Kumpang, 
Palit bunyoh karni sa- 
penai burong terbarig ; 
92— “Nama ti kita kumbai 
ka kami duai ?” 
93 — “Nadai bukai, k a m i 
ka ngasoh siduai nun- 
jan pinang. di temba- 
wang Sernbar Besi, 
Ngempong pantong di 
punjong Lebor Api, 
ngambi sedi di plai 
puchok kedandi, 
Ngambi bunyoh di 
Raja Magoh ti nge- 
meran ka pun buloh 
betri.” 
94— “O, enti pia ambi me 
ladong bepapanka te- 
belian nebal pa ; 
Ambi galas rumpas di- 
lalin enggau sega wi 
segala.” 
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They sit down with their 
knees up in front of them, 
their heads and their 
chins resting on them like 
the cladium plant that 
spreads far and wide ; 
They sit properly on the 
bemban rush mats that 
are plaited into patterns' 
angle-shaped or fish¬ 
shaped, 
They sit on the mats that 
have the zig-zag pattern 
that resembles a cat sleep¬ 
ing in the corner of the 
room where the bachelor 
jars are stored. 
They take the slices of the 
areca nut, they taste the 
leaves of the Kumpang 
gambier, 
They smear our chunam 
on the serih leaf so that 
it looks as it were the 
chalking of a bird on the 
wing; 
“Why have ye sent for us 
two ?” (they ask). 
“For no other reason than 
that we want you both to 
climb the areca nut palms 
at the site of the old house 
called Sernbar Besi, 
“To collect the serih leaves 
at the top of Lebor Api, 
to get gambier on the 
plai tree and on the top 
of the kedandi tree, 
“And to get chunam from 
Raja Magoh who owns 
the betri bamboo.'’ 
“Oh, if so fetch a porter’s 
basket that is backe d 
Avith an iron-wood plank 
the thickness of one's 
thigh ; 
“And fetch a medium-sized 
light basket that is inter¬ 
laced with the round sega 
rotan.” 
