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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