VIII 370-371. The Man on whose Head a Tree was growing XV. PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FABULOUS OCCUPATIONS (374-386) 378. The Man who took off his Head and played with it in the Sea 380. The two Indefatigable Runners 381. The Man who paddled his Canoe unceasingly 382. The Bush which grew up round a Man and kept him Entangled 384. The Man who wanted to make his Skin White A. Omens in Dreams (387-390) XVII. TALES OF CHILDREN (408-412). 408. How the Wicked Man killed the Children, and how the Little boy escaped 409. The Children who fooled an Old Man and were killed by him with the Exception of the Little Boy 410. How the Boys were captured by an Old Woman and escaped 411. The Boy who was pursued by an Old Woman 412. The Boy who annoyed a Spirit and was killed XVIII. TALES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS (413-450) 435. How the Opossums were fooled by the Dogs 436. How the Dogs lost their Faculty of Speech 437. The Man and Dog who lived together 438. The Animals who were summoned to Doctor a Woman 439. The Crocodile and the Sea-Horse 440. The Cassowary and Crocodile who quarrelled about a Sago Tree. 442. How Crabs, were brought to the Islands 443. The Origin of Ants'-Nests in Coconut trees. 447. How the Wasps became Black and Yellow . Page 431 433 434 434 436 437 438 438 438 439 439 440 441 441 443 444 449 449 450 451 413. Snakes who make their Way into Women. 414. Maigidubu, the Snake-Man who protects Women 420. The Snake and the Hunter who Wanted White Feathers 421. The Snake whose Daughter was married to a Man . 422. The Man who was swallowed by a Snake. 465 423-427. The Snakes who coiled themselves round People and crushed them 466 467 468 434. The Revenge of the Slain Old Crocodile in the Binaturi River 469 471 473 473 473 474 475 475 476 476 477 477 478 479 451 452 455 455 456 459 461 .462 464 How the Pigs began to destroy the Gardens of the People How a man thought that a Woman called him a Sorcerer and killed her -532 The Man who was refused Firewood by his Wife and was killed by her 532. The Man who offered his Drum for some Firewood (489), p. 533. made up for his Neglect by cutting a great Quantity of it (490), p. 534. 491-492. The Man who was put to Shame and committed Suicide. 495. The Origin of the Swamp and Water-hole in Boigu 496. The Firewood which in the Night changed into a Man D. The Arrival of the First White Men (497-498) 497. The Proclamation of the British Protectorate; D'Albertis' Journey 498. An Early Visit of some Pearling Boats to Mawata REFERENCES TO CERTAIN NOTEWORTHY INCIDENTS AND DETAILS WHICH |