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III.--MISCELLANEOUS SONGS.

(Masset Dialect.)

Battle-Song (Gu îsda's s?â'lAña-i) of the ?ao sL!an l'nagâ'-i.

101.

Â'gua Skî'lsîs l'nagâ'-i ?ai'ya gagô'das hô.
Here | Skî'lsîs's | town | lies.
DAñ gua gû'la dô'na-i (repeated four times).
You | ? | think it good | younger brother?

Here lies Skî'lsîs's town.
Are you pleased with it, younger brother? 1


Footnotes

61:1 The "younger brother" is perhaps a captive or an opponent in battle.


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