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646<br />

Klek-leh, ai I<br />

APPENDIX<br />

Mamat Solong.<br />

Pick-it-up, ho I Mamat <strong>the</strong> Firstborn,<br />

Ka'an ha-dong rongko'-royon.<br />

And bear it homewards though bent and bowed.<br />

Ka'an ha-dong champak pekil.<br />

Bear it homewards and throw // downwards.<br />

Inak Solong, layu-leh kok-keh.<br />

Aunt Eldest-born, scorch monkey-yon.<br />

Mamat Solong, bente-leh kok-keh.<br />

And you, Mamat <strong>the</strong> Elder-born, quarter-<strong>the</strong>n monkey-yon.<br />

Jon nachar muntet mulih.<br />

Give /o-eat a-little to each-one.<br />

U'ut he dah bihi-leh,<br />

When that belly c/ yours is g<strong>org</strong>eiZ-<strong>the</strong>n,<br />

Lek-leh, ai, Mamat Solong.<br />

Rise <strong>the</strong>n, ho ! Mamat <strong>the</strong> Firstborn,<br />

Lek jo'oh dalam l)ale.<br />

Rise up and drink within <strong>the</strong> Hall.<br />

Bale panjang bale besar.<br />

The Hall that is long, <strong>the</strong> Hall that is broad.<br />

Esok jemah tahun jadi.<br />

To-morrow and afterwards shall be a year plenteous.<br />

Bilang kok, pleh jadi.<br />

Tell <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> monkey, and fruits shall be plenteous.<br />

Pleh . . . pleh, pleh, pleh, pleh.<br />

Fruit . . . fruit, fruit, fruit, fruit.<br />

The Hiamang. The Gibbon.<br />

Mong, mong, mong,' bunyi' Siamang.<br />

' Mong, mong, mong,' is <strong>the</strong> cry ^-M

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