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F. A. de Roepstorff— TiomheromM. 
[No. 1, 
Gnahliagne da naiig omia 61 niiitai. 
tilt honganghashe ta doch. 
Juclitere iuliggnede en porno-6-6- 
eslie enkane leang Kan6ad83 
Petiang de 61 gni Tiomberombi. 
Tim liansBdasbien tiong ban6ne. 
Iteaknede 61 katasde kan Tiom¬ 
berombi ; (^)balea sbaei k6i kan Ti¬ 
omberombi, iteaknede kan Tiom¬ 
berombi. Kamheng tiuengede 
Kan6adee Petiang, leat k6m de 
tenmeela Tiomberombi. Tendok- 
tere de mataide, gnabbagne de nang 
omia. Leat, leat de k6m tenmaela 
Tiomberombi, beeteibnnen tiong 
ban6ne. 
Hagngebbang te tiong iange 
sb6atere mat matai Tiomberombi; 
bemeang dan6e tiong a la, io raswe 
Tiomberombi. 
Tendoktere en omia tiong da ma¬ 
tai Tiomberombi. Hak6k, bak6k- 
ende tai6 61 benwaeh, pomtaksbede 
en benwseen. 
They reported to tbe chief of tbeir 
country, tbat there was no chance 
of success. 
* Then came visiting a (very) old 
woman, her name was Kandadee 
Petiang to Tiomberombi’s bouse. 
(She wanted to ascertain) what 
manner of powers be possessed. 
Tiomberombi’s wife was sleeping 
in her chair : she (Kandadae Pe¬ 
tiang) cleaned tbe hair of Tiombe¬ 
rombi’s wife, who slept on. At noon 
Kandadse Petiang left, having taken 
Tiomberombi’s looking-glass. She 
arrives at her country and reports 
to tbe chief, (that tbe trouble) is 
over, tbat she has taken tbe looking- 
glass away from Tiomberombi, tbe 
cause of tbe power be possesses. 
f He orders one ship to return to 
Tiomberombi’s place ; it was (only) 
a two-masted ship to fetch Tiom¬ 
berombi away. 
Tbe captain arrives at Tiombe¬ 
rombi’s island. He fires bis cannon 
and bits the flag and tbe flag falls. 
* What tbe valour of men could not achieve was now to be attempted 
by a woman. An old bag Kanbadae Petiang comes to pry into tbe secret 
of Tiomberombi’s immunity from danger and of bis success against such 
odds. She accomplishes her object in the following manner. She was pro¬ 
bably an old acquaintance of T.’s wife, to judge from the intimate 
terms on which they are. T.’s wife goes to sleep in her chair as the 
other soothingly cleans her hair, (^ balea sbaci has not been literally trans¬ 
lated) . Having thus lulled her into a deep sleep, Kanbadse Petiang pos¬ 
sesses herself of tbe magic mirror, which we may surmise the sleeper had 
tattled to her about and had for security placed under her (head) pillow, 
and hastens with it to her own country informing the chief thereof that 
Tiomberombi is now defenceless. 
f The chief thereupon orders but a two-masted vessel to proceed 
and bring Tiomberombi away. He is not going to break a fly upon tbe 
wheel. The little ship arrives and is sufficient to accomplish its mission. 
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