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Z F15. Z0. The carved and painted gong sunnounted by a cook carved in wood, which was "bought " by Mal Tasi at his nelamnu. (After a rough sketch by the author.) tether. Here Maltasi, the ‘ maker ’ of the nelzmew, that is, the giver of the feast, was sitting and to him the pigs were given one after another, the gongs indicating by a sudden fortissimo burst the act of presentation. Our host was, poor fellow, a victim of elephantiasis, and his testicles were swollen to such a size that he could sit down only with difficulty and could scarcely stand up at all. But it was his day; his eyes shone with excitement and hobbling and shuffling about, helped by others, he managed to receive the pigs presented to him with due oiï¬Åciousness and dignity. We now sat down by the amel and awaited the arrival of the guests from