V>Y THE EE YD. W. HOWELL. 
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pong, l b a k a pan- 
dong betampong 
purih.’ Aku udah 
ngilau sadau k i t a 
dientam tukau t i - 
bang padi. Aku me- 
da luan kita dientam 
saliman tajau m e - 
nyadi. Aku udah 
meda tempuan kita 
diani ulun K a y a n 
pungka laki. A k u 
udah meda dapur ki¬ 
ta dikemeran lea 
tungku besi.” 
—“Nama dipeniti ?” Ko 
Jiramisau tajam se- 
poh seiam s a m a k 
nyerenang. “Nama 
dipeniti ? 
Indah kra tuai kitai 
ngeradai mansa tu 
sulai ga enggau kitai 
besengkuji ka badi 
andai pulas tuai Ta- 
w a n g Kedungkang, 
nya ti n g a s o h i y a 
tau nungkat langit 
iandai enggau pung- 
gai paku lawang ? 
Indah kra tuai kitai 
Ungkok brani dulu 
ga enggau kitai be- 
sengkuji ka duku 
ngasoh iya p a m b u 
ngiga indu ka Batang 
Engkerjang. 
Indah kra tuai kitai 
Emparak mansa tu 
suyak ga enggau ki¬ 
tai besengkuji ka isau 
burak ditulong wak 
empeliau arang. 
Indah kra tuai kitai 
Buju ti pambu g a 
enggau kitai beseng¬ 
kuji ka duku; sayau 
pambu ari tiku Sabu 
nunggang. 
Indah kra tuai kitai 
herits the sweetness,’ ye 
are indeed inheriting, ‘as 
pandong is inheriting.’ I 
have seen your garret is 
full of paddy bins. 1 have 
seen how that part of your 
room where you store your 
jars is full of one kind of ■ 
menyadi jars. I have seen 
the passage of your house 
full of male Kayan slaves. 
I have seen your hearth 
with iron for the supports 
of your pots.” 
“What is there to be afraid 
of ?” says Jiram, the sharp 
isau that was tempered 
like the dragon’s blood. 
“What is there to be 
afraid of ? 
“Even our fore-father with 
the greatest caution pass¬ 
ed this place and died ; he 
practised with us the use 
of the sword curved after 
the ancient Tawang Ke¬ 
dungkang, that which 
enabled him to put sup¬ 
ports to the gentle de¬ 
clivity of the heavens 
with the point of the 
nails. 
‘Even the ancient Ungkok 
the brave leader, who 
practised with us the use 
of the chopper, died when 
he looked for a wife at 
Bantan Engkerjang. 
“Even our ancient Emparak 
passed this place and 
died, he who with us 
practised the use of the 
white isau, and was help¬ 
ed by the cry of the Arang 
Wa-Wa. 
“Even our ancient chief 
Buju that died, he also 
practised with us the use 
of the chopper; a sad loss 
