BY THE BEVI). W. HOWELL. 
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101— Peda kra bala enda 
memaia baka ti be- 
bala mansang nye- 
rang ! 
Peda kra rintai enda 
ngengabai baka 
tangkai petal di pala 
lembang. 
102— Siduai pen lain ang- 
kat serta bejalai enda 
n gen gab a, serta ang- 
kat lain nyingkang, 
Lain nyungkah nunda 
penyangah jelu k i - 
jang, 
M e r j o k nunda silok 
plandok Tawang. 
103— Tiang dipansa brang 
lain pungkang ber- 
tangkal tibak ; 
Rumah panjai tengah 
siduai bejalai ambis 
tebererak ; 
Tetigong ka orang ti 
ngandong lalu ber- 
anak ; 
Orang ti nyera di¬ 
pansa iya lalu ada 
mesai lelenggak anak 
mengkatak! 
104—Tepansa ka tebelayar 
ambis tingkar baka 
ti dibatak, 
Nengah tangga enda 
gegawa gigi ambis 
simpak. 
105 — Nyau ngenjan tengah 
laman ambis baka 
sepan nyadi latak, 
Behold then the countless 
multitude that is like an 
army on the march ! 
Behold then the array as 
countless as the bean 
(petai) stalks at the head 
of a valley ! 
Both of them start away 
together and walk fear- 
1 e s s 1 y, they start at a 
great pace, 
They speed abruptly away 
like the kijang deer with 
its head erect, 
They jump off like the 
Tawang plandok. 
The posts that were grazed 
by their arms show the 
marks and the cuts ; 
The flooring of the long 
house that they go 
through all comes un¬ 
done ; 
The women who are great 
with child give birth 
when these two collide 
with them ; 
And those who are preg¬ 
nant when they pass by 
bring forth an immature 
birth the size of a frog ! 
The wall at the end of the 
house all comes away as 
they pass it, just as if it 
had been wrenched off, 
And all the knotches of the 
(batang) ladder break 
away as they come down 
it. 
They set their feet on the 
clearing before the house 
and it all turns muddy as 
if it were a place for pigs 
to wallow in, 
101.—Th & petai here mentioned is about a foot long. 
