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BY THE REYD. W. HOWELL. 
146— “Pinang ti lembut 
udah diketas enggau 
badi, ditinggang ka 
di Lempa Ai, ngambi 
orang di E m p r a n 
Engkabang.” 
147 — “Pinang ti rimbun tu 
udah diketas enggau 
enggau nyabor, d i - 
tinggang ka di u 1 u 
Tajum, ngambi 
orang di Ulu Langgai 
Seriang.” 
“The soft areca nuts have 
been cut off with a chop¬ 
per and dropped into 
Lempa Ai in order to get 
the better of those people 
at Empran Engkabang." 
“These thickly clustered 
areca nuts that were cut 
off with an ancient-shap¬ 
ed sword were dropped 
at the head-waters of 
Tajum in order to get the 
better of the people at 
Ulu Langgai Seriang." 
148—“Pinang ti b a n g a t 
mansau di puchok 
uda diketas enggau 
iatok ditinggang k a 
di Delok, ngambi ka 
orang ti nutok badu 
lelinggok di lesong 
trentang." 
149—“Pinang ti b a n g a t 
mapi-api udah dike¬ 
tas enggau besi bari, 
ditinggang ka di 
langgai E n g k a r i 
awak ka ambis mati 
orang di Langgong 
Sabang.” 
“The fully ripe areca nuts 
that are on the tree tops 
have been cut off with 
the crooked- handled 
sword and dropped in the 
Delok in order that those 
who pound the paddy 
may cease to bend over 
the mortars of trentang 
wood.” 
“The dead ripe arecanuts 
have been cut off with 
steel and dropped into 
the source of the Engkari 
in order that all the peo¬ 
ple at Langgong Sabang 
may die out." 
150—“Pinang ti ban gat 
benyenjuai udah di¬ 
ketas enggau nyabor 
p a n j a i, ditinggang 
ka Batang Meludai 
ngambika orang ti 
tengan nyumai enda 
tetakar ka anak tere- 
nang.” 
The long bunches of areca- 
nut have been cut off 
by the long b1aded 
ancient sword and 
dropped in the Meludai 
river, in order that the 
people who are in the act 
of cooking cannot mea¬ 
sure out the rice into the 
cooking-pots.” 
146 .—The people at Em/pran Engkabang are the “Ulu Ai Dayaks” living 
at the source of the Batang Lupar River and hereditary enemies of the 
Undup Dayaks who use this Dirge. 
They invite the inhabitants of Hades to help overcome these men of the 
Uli Ai'. 
147.— Tajum, TJlu Lauggai Seriang and UrloJc refer to these same people. 
