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A SEA-DA YAK DIKGE. 
165— “Ditu unggal,” ko 
Ulup Slelabat Slaba- 
tan Bujang Lempong 
Slebungan “tang 
k a n g k a senirang 
enggau besi tajam, 
ngusok tua ram ka 
sukan.” 
166— Nvadi api mau me- 
sai selempepat ma- 
lam ; 
Disambut enggau 
umbut nudur di em- 
pran ; 
Tungkun ka enggau 
kayu merbakam, rias 
ka ranggas kulit 
bran gam 
Nyadi api mau be- 
demparn. 
167— “Berenti tua, end a 
nganti malam." 
(Ari nvapai ari udah, 
ari nyamah ari udah.) 
Here, friend A say Ulup 
Slelabat Slebatan and 
Bujang Lempong Sle¬ 
bungan, “let us strike the 
flint with the sharp steel, 
and kindle fire by pressing 
upon the fire-stick.” 
Then kindles the fire about 
the size of a firefly ; 
It catches on to the (dry) 
pith of the mudur that 
flourishes on the plains : 
Then feed they the flame 
with, merbakam wood, 
and slice the bark off a 
branch of brangan wood, 
Then the fire blazes well. 
Let us stop, do not wait 
for the night-fall.” 
(If they touch any work it 
is finished, if the y 1 a y 
hold of a job, lo! it is 
accomplished.) 
168— “Udah me tua” ko 
Ulup Slelabat Sleba¬ 
tan Bujang Lempong 
Slebungan, 
‘\Sepi s e d i gambit 
pang, tangkap strap 
buah pinang.” 
169 — “Kebat enggau akar 
remat, aku ka kawat 
panja.i beklingkang, 
Pasong enggau akar 
jengkong, aku ka Se- 
long bai Sentang.” 
170 — “Ma me unggal, la- 
dong bepapan nebal 
pa, 
“We have completed every¬ 
thing,” say Ulup Slelabat 
Slebatan and B u j a n g 
Lempong Slebungan, 
“Taste the acrid gambior 
leaves and take a slice of 
the areca nut.” • 
“Tie the bundle up with 
the remat creeper, and 
call it the long wire, that 
winds round about, 
“Bind it with the carved 
creeper and call it the 
thick brass wire brought 
from Sentang.” ; 
“Carry on the back, friend, 
the ladong basket board¬ 
ed with iron-wood the 
thickness of one’s thigh, 
109. — Bern at is a creeper whose shoots and young leaves are edible. 
Sentang is the name of a Village in Dutch Dorr.eo, 
