1884.] 
A Nicuhar tale. 
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“ Jeangtere ten tine,” gngeli peit ol 
nang Tiomberombi, io roewe 
henioaliade.” Orse tenmeela baiu- 
hooal. Tiiiende. Shoatere. “ Hat 
docb, hat leap oliole, io orTgna- 
fatie.” Etieitiera en peit. “ Jo 
me io we, io hileang, io oigne, 
tewahaghe tenmsela, wat me 
ishahaghe.” 
Jncht^rende tong de ghi en 
Tiomberombi ladTeie, io oree kande 
kon omia en Tiomberombi. Jncli- 
t^re hat sho en omia ten Tiombe¬ 
rombi da ene lohm. 
Jteak en omia de hatam, leat 
kam en kahas halea ioang tiafa. 
Jnchtere ol haki-T-T ende iokoleit 
anash omia, wTlgnede 61 henlowe ha- 
roe gni Tiomberombi, matai Tiom- 
“ Come with me,” said the peit to 
Tiomberombi, “ and receive your 
hire.” He takes the magic looking 
glass and goes away. He retnrns. 
“ I cannot manage it, I do not know 
the word (to speak) (i. e. the 
charm) j it (the spirit) will kill me 
miserably.” He applies to the 
snake, (who says) : “If yon want 
to do anything, if you are thirsty, if 
you are hungry, put the key into 
the lock of the looking glass, do not 
open it.” 
* ThenTiomberombi returns home 
in the evening and wants to take 
to wife the daughter of the old man. 
But then the old man does not 
want Tiomberombi for he is poor. 
t At night the chief is asleep, 
when the moon being at its highest 
(Tiomberombi) fetches a magic 
fruit. 
Then very early in the mor¬ 
ning (expressed by the prolong¬ 
ed final syllable) the chief goes 
T., who has great confidence in himself. He has therefore to return and 
ask the snake to acquaint him with the secret, who tells him that he 
must use the key but not open the mirror. The meaning of this prohibi¬ 
tion is that T. has no theurgic power and would be unable to control the 
spirit of the magic mirror if it were opened. Hote also the low estimation 
the snake holds our ragged hero in. “ If you want to do anything, if you 
are hungry and thirsty” says the snake, not dreaming of T.’s ambition. 
* T. sets off home and wishes to take to himself at once the girl he 
loves. The old father however, evidently discredits the story of the magic 
looking glass, and will have nothing to say to him, as he is poor. 
t During the night T. sets to, plants a magic fruit in the deep sea 
and by means of the spirit of the mirror produces an island from the deep 
sea and erects a house upon it. The text only tells us that he fetches the 
magic fruit, but it graphically describes how the old man in the morning 
on casting his eyes over the sea discovers Tiomberombi’s new home. 
