BY THE BE YD. TV. IIOT'ELL. 
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266— Kelama nyau ninga 
teginsit di kain apit 
berengigit di pa pan 
pinggang. “ D a t a i 
an ni kita ?” Ko da- 
ra Kinta Temian. 
“Dalai ari ni kita?” 
Ko ini Tasih Ai Se- 
luli Kapas. “Kita 
ari ni ?” Ko orang ti 
ngemeran ka lubok 
Sentarum Mas. 
267— “Dalai kami tu 
ngambi orang t i 
rempi ngigai menoa 
kami di Munti Seni 
Scgala lubang.” 
268— “Penempa orang t i 
kita bai ari sidi mala 
liari, kali ka nya in- 
du, kali ka nya laki, 
kali ka nya Manang, 
kali ka nya Menani ?” 
269“Ti kami undan di pan- 
chalang ukai tu Ma¬ 
nang, ukai Me¬ 
nani ; mdu me tu ti 
kami undan ukai 
pungka lelaki; L e - 
bah me tu savau r e - 
bah ninggal ka lan- 
tang. Enda kami t u 
niki; peda latak me- 
lutak mengkang d i 
kaki; peda p 1 o h 
mampoh kami tu ne- 
lusor dai; peda ploh 
idong kami b a k a 
grunong gri besi; pe¬ 
da ploh dagu kami 
baka teruntu ambun 
sa pagi.” 
270—“O enti pia mandi di 
ai berunsut langkang, 
kelisi ka daki ampek 
nyuang, kesai ka gari 
At length was heard the 
movement of the bark 
used by women in weav¬ 
ing to support the waists. 
“Whence came ye ?” says 
the virgin Kinta Temian. 
“Whence came ye ?” says 
grandmother Tasih A i 
Seluli Kapas. “Whence 
are ye ?” say the people 
who hold possession of 
the bay of Sentarum Mas. 
We have come, bearing a 
person who is dead to our 
country at Munti Seni 
the round hole.” 
‘To what sex does that per¬ 
son belong whom you ha ve 
brought from the glorious 
sun, is it a woman or a 
man, is it a mere witch¬ 
doctor or a more exalted 
one ? 
‘That which we brought in 
the boat is no w i t ch - 
doctor, neither is it a 
more exalted one ; it is a 
woman that we have 
brought and not a man ; 
it is Lebah, alas, sad that 
she left children behind. 
We ascend not the house ; 
behold the mud on our 
feet; behold the perspira¬ 
tion covering and drip¬ 
ping from our foreheads; 
behold the sweat of our 
noses is as big as a small 
brass bell; behold the 
sweat of our chins like 
the falling of the morn¬ 
ing dew.” 
‘O if that is so, bathe in 
the river and first have a 
scrub, clean your body 
which is full of dirt, cast 
