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NATIVE TEXTS 733
MuM ! " NiteMah ngei {gas nataan ,' itaMbeh
Me 1 " That dead Man bit his back: (the Man) excreted upon
niteMah ngei ,' ivi ndeleui ndM/ur ngei irugb zM MiM veri. Nï¬Åwut
that dead Man; he did ? that Man fled outside. Dawn
iwM, haw/M av aivweleM Zen naaMal, nï¬ÅMur uM iMp ngzi
caMe, his friends caMe into the club-house, that Man who had fled
ivweri en havan arr “ Net MM atvweri aMbwitghaM, ngei
said to his friends: "That which you said you would eat, that
iiokh bughui!â€ù Havan ar atdvu, attagh vwele veri, atleh
is inside!" His friends went, they hauled (it) outside, they saw
nï¬ÅMwot itokh ran. Atvwevi en nï¬ÅMur ngei : “Sting!
excreMent was on it‘ They said to that Man: “I say!
MiMwut Mei iei P " Ivweri “ Netn taan tï¬Ång,
What excreMent is this here? â€ù He said: “ That thing there,
neMweieMbweM I " Aser nï¬Åwei, atMaMll baghah
it is its excreMent ! â€ù They took water, they washed (it) clean,
attagh vwele uni Zen naMbwilaghai, akMbeMal, atgh/rnghMuh,
they hauled (it) outside to the gongs, they ? , they cut it up,
atndnngMiongzM, ahMl/uh. A tvuhth ,' niiMur ngei
they divided it, they cooked it in an oven. They cooked ; that Man
iv-wrM' en huvan M: “ Nï¬ÅMwot new itokh ran MteMah,
said to his friends: “ The excreMent which is on that dead Man
Mbweli ngei, MuM ngei r/Mg; netuan tï¬Ång inggong nnou,
too Much, I did that (that is I) ; that thing there caught hold of rne,
"nerong neMetaan, netaMbeh."
I felt afraid, I excreted."
Tr-re MAN wno CLEARED THE RoM T0 we LAND o1= THE DEAD
MuruzM iMah, reserenMbat lag tii, reserM Minis
A certain Man died, they gave his club, they gave his bow and
iii, 18861 niteli retou lM nivanM ,' iMah, ivwu,
arrow, they gave stone axe ? into his hand; he died, he went,
ileh niteMah tMM ,' itokh nggor nisal. I ser
he saw a certain ghost; it reMained across the path. He took
M'lu, ilu niteMah ieMah ; ivwu, ileh MM
the arrow, he shot, the ghost died; he went, he saw a certain
Man MlzMg. I takh sur sal ; ivunsav leui
tree (called) Mlang. It reMained across the path; it brushed off
naavaap tit. Ivu lie, ileh ndMbwï¬Åvnbar Mel Menu
his penis—sheath. He went again, he saw a sow brown, sleeping
sur sal. I ser niiwï¬Åns, isogh Mbi/n ,' it/u,
across the path. He took the spear, he speared it; he went,
iviirhiis nisalr T MM iMah lie, iMa
he cleared the path. A certain (Man) died again, died again