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[No. 1, 
F. A. de RoepstorfF— Tiomherombi. 
Tiu en Tiomberombi, wehahat 
ink, paniap omtom, matai leat hat 
ot. 
Tendoktere Tiomberombi de 
mataide. 
Wilgnede komia, hew, wehala 
henwseh Tiomberombi, ghi Tiombe¬ 
rombi, matai Tiomberombi. Uro- 
hetshe henwEehTiomberombi de mat 
gni. lo dok de matai komiade. 
“ Ah komekat ?” 
“ Ah.” 
“ Katei en me ?” 
“ Haa, tilt ori, hanta we ink.” 
“ Kashihede maka F” 
“ Oh, we ghi de lapoe,” gnseh 
Tiomberombi nang komiaen. 
“ Watme inole onghae da ene 
* Tiomberombi departed. Tiom¬ 
berombi raised a surf (by magic). 
All died, the country disappeared. 
Tiomberombi arrived at his own 
country. 
His mother-in-law looked out and 
spied the flags, Tiomberombi l^ad 
hoisted, his house, his island. 
There were many flags about his 
house. He came to his mother-in- 
law’s village. 
“ Are those with you {i. e., my 
daughter) alive ?” 
“ Alive.” 
“ How did you accomplish it ?” 
“ No, we did not kill, we only 
raised a surf.” 
“ What now (how about bye and 
bye) ?” 
“ Now we will make a nice 
house,” said Tiomberombi to his 
mother-in-law. 
“Do not tell the tale or else the 
* And when by the potent aid of the spirit of the looking glass Tiom- 
berobim has raised a tremendous surf and swept him and* his land away, 
his success is complete. In due course the spot is reached where his old 
home had been and apparently the magical properties of the mirror are 
resorted to again to restore in a twinkling his former island home as it 
was before misfortunes overtook him, for his mother-in-law, when scan¬ 
ning the horizon for any signs of the return of the captives, spies Tiom- 
berombi’s victorious pennons waving over his house and island complete 
as of yore. Tiomberombi with somewhat unusual ardour is soon in the 
arms of his mother-in-law (!) and answering her anxious enquiries as to 
his own and her daughter’s welfare (komekat = me kakat). He tells 
her of the utter extinction of his foes, and how it had been accomplished, 
and then they fall to picturing out a bright and prosperous future, which 
is to be theirs by the aid of the magical mirror. Taught by experience he 
strictly enjoins, however, both mother-in-law and wife not to reveal the 
secret of their prosperity. But alas ! 1 for the frailty of woman’s tongue : 
whilst he is absorbed in eating, the women folk gossip about it; the 
island breaks up and is submerged and weeping and wailing they go 
down to their watery grave. 
