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	;[p. 1] [In an unknown hand]: R. P. Gagnière [Then another unknown hand] Collection of Caledonian fables		;[p. 1] [In an unknown hand]: R. P. Gagnière  [Then another unknown hand] Collection of Caledonian fables
	:New Caledonia, Pouebo, mission of S(ain)t Austremoine, 18 September 1853.		:New Caledonia, Pouebo, mission of S(ain)t Austremoine, 18 September 1853.

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	''Translated by Peter McConnell, May 2011''		''Translated by Peter McConnell, May 2011''

	;Based on the copy, [[APM]] ONC 60.		''Based on the copy, [[APM]] ONC 60.''
	''Seven sheets folded forming twenty-eight pages, twenty-five written on, with two annotations on the top of the first page. The pages are bound to form a small book. ''		''Seven sheets folded forming twenty-eight pages, twenty-five written on, with two annotations on the top of the first page. The pages are bound to form a small book. ''


	;[p. 1] [In an unknown hand]: R. P. Gagnière [Then another unknown hand] Collection of Caledonian fables		;[p. 1] [In an unknown hand]: R. P. Gagnière [Then another unknown hand] Collection of Caledonian fables
	:New Caledonia, Pouebo, mission of S(ain)t Austremoine, 18 September 1853.		:New Caledonia, Pouebo, mission of S(ain)t Austremoine, 18 September 1853.


	:Letter ~~confidential to~~ the very reverend father general of the Marists.		:Letter confidential  to the very reverend father general of the Marists.


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	;[33]: The next day the fishing started again and ended in the same fashion. The only change was the change of the name of the fish. Again it was the very humble Bat who was duped. The third day had the same start and the same success for Bat and the same rudeness of Kula. My friend, so go again to Puireené to fetch some péra leaves for our plates.--- He obeyed but as soon as he was out of sight of his companion he come back and hid in the grass and kept an eye on his mate Kula’s behaviour. He saw him leap onto he meal and gobble it down quickly. Then he ran to fetch a mask. He came back, took his spears and appeared to attack Kula. With his first lunge of he spear he injured his fat leg and with the second the injured his thigh. Then Kula dragged himself away and hid as best he could in the bushes. As for Bat this time he ate the rest of the meal leisurely. Then he took off the mask, went and got some péra leaves and returned calling Kula. However, Kulka did not say a word, he doubled his screams and looked about and finally said in a very low voice: “Hell! Don’t utter a word. Our enemies came back as yesterday.” “Are you telling the truth?” “Here, look at the spears wounds then; I am dying from them.” “Were there many of them?” “Oh yes. I scarcely understand how I was able to get away.” Bat smiled; Kula raised his eyes looking at him and saw on his forehead the marks of the mask. “Bat my mate, you are playing tricks on me,. You are the one then who wore the mask because I can see the marks on your forehead.” “Kula my mate, you played tricks on me too because I indeed saw you eating all the meal.” Thereupon the argued, grappled with each other, fell down and rolled into the water and from that day on they have never left it.		;[33]: The next day the fishing started again and ended in the same fashion. The only change was the change of the name of the fish. Again it was the very humble Bat who was duped. The third day had the same start and the same success for Bat and the same rudeness of Kula. My friend, so go again to Puireené to fetch some péra leaves for our plates.--- He obeyed but as soon as he was out of sight of his companion he come back and hid in the grass and kept an eye on his mate Kula’s behaviour. He saw him leap onto he meal and gobble it down quickly. Then he ran to fetch a mask. He came back, took his spears and appeared to attack Kula. With his first lunge of he spear he injured his fat leg and with the second the injured his thigh. Then Kula dragged himself away and hid as best he could in the bushes. As for Bat this time he ate the rest of the meal leisurely. Then he took off the mask, went and got some péra leaves and returned calling Kula. However, Kulka did not say a word, he doubled his screams and looked about and finally said in a very low voice: “Hell! Don’t utter a word. Our enemies came back as yesterday.” “Are you telling the truth?” “Here, look at the spears wounds then; I am dying from them.” “Were there many of them?” “Oh yes. I scarcely understand how I was able to get away.” Bat smiled; Kula raised his eyes looking at him and saw on his forehead the marks of the mask. “Bat my mate, you are playing tricks on me,. You are the one then who wore the mask because I can see the marks on your forehead.” “Kula my mate, you played tricks on me too because I indeed saw you eating all the meal.” Thereupon the argued, grappled with each other, fell down and rolled into the water and from that day on they have never left it.

	===The Two Bualops==		===The Two Bualops===
	;[34]: NB That is the name of the two valleys near Hienghène.		;[34]: NB That is the name of the two valleys near Hienghène.
	;[35]: Once there were two Bualops: one called Bualop Penem and the other Bualop Tilut. The lived some distance from each other. They both had a large number of children; those belonging to Bualop Tilut were all very handsome but those of Bualop Penem were all ugly. Your children are all handsome said Bualop Penem to his companion, how does that come about? Oh I drop them into water and leave them there for several days. But do they breathe there? Oh yes they breathe there. I am going to put mine in the water too so they can be like yours. So he went and put his children into the water and left them there.; they lost their breath and died. He returned to get them, thinking that he would find them all handsome, but he found they were all dead. He gazed at them Oh my children he said. They are all dead. Indeed I will find a trick to kill his too. What did he do? He created in the grass and scrub a path which had a thousand bends and ended up near the house of the one whose children were so handsome. When he had done that he went off calling out: Bualop Tilut let’s go and fight the one who has just raped your wife.--- So they went off using the tortuous path and after a thousand bends they arrived at the house but Bualop Tilut did not recognize it as his own. They went in. Who is going to strike? I am the one, said Bualop Tilut, in a hurry to avenge his honour.--- He struck out to the right and to the left; he killed everything within his reach. Immediately afterwards they fled taking the same tortuous path. Finally they reached Bualop Penem’s place and chatted for a long time about the exploit they just achieved. Finally Bulaop Tilut went down to see his children. He found them all swimming in their blood. He recognized his error and his friend’s trick. Hell! He deceived me to make me slaughter my children because he saw they were handsome. I am going to find him so we can fight it out. Well, come on then , let’s fight since you deceived me to have me kill my children. But you were the first, you tricked me into killing my children in the water Did you hope that you would get away with it? You started it and all I did was to follow you. Thereupon the battle started. They used stones and spears; yet they did not injure each other. They came together and grappled. Their energy weakened but neither had the upper hand. Finally Bualop Tilut in his rage thrust his hand down the throat of Bualop Penem and did the same to the other Bualop. The they both fell but nobody let go and they both died. Their country is empty; there is nobody to enjoy the many garden plots they left behind. Alas said the soul of Bualop Penem when flying over; alas my poor planatations that I have left behind. I will build a boat and I will come and look for them. He needed a boat and flew through the sky. But on the way he encountered two iron wood trees. The ship crashed into them and broke; the soul itself fell to the earth and the fall killed it. Such was the wretched fate of that poor Bualop.		;[35]: Once there were two Bualops: one called Bualop Penem and the other Bualop Tilut. The lived some distance from each other. They both had a large number of children; those belonging to Bualop Tilut were all very handsome but those of Bualop Penem were all ugly. Your children are all handsome said Bualop Penem to his companion, how does that come about? Oh I drop them into water and leave them there for several days. But do they breathe there? Oh yes they breathe there. I am going to put mine in the water too so they can be like yours. So he went and put his children into the water and left them there.; they lost their breath and died. He returned to get them, thinking that he would find them all handsome, but he found they were all dead. He gazed at them Oh my children he said. They are all dead. Indeed I will find a trick to kill his too. What did he do? He created in the grass and scrub a path which had a thousand bends and ended up near the house of the one whose children were so handsome. When he had done that he went off calling out: Bualop Tilut let’s go and fight the one who has just raped your wife.--- So they went off using the tortuous path and after a thousand bends they arrived at the house but Bualop Tilut did not recognize it as his own. They went in. Who is going to strike? I am the one, said Bualop Tilut, in a hurry to avenge his honour.--- He struck out to the right and to the left; he killed everything within his reach. Immediately afterwards they fled taking the same tortuous path. Finally they reached Bualop Penem’s place and chatted for a long time about the exploit they just achieved. Finally Bulaop Tilut went down to see his children. He found them all swimming in their blood. He recognized his error and his friend’s trick. Hell! He deceived me to make me slaughter my children because he saw they were handsome. I am going to find him so we can fight it out. Well, come on then , let’s fight since you deceived me to have me kill my children. But you were the first, you tricked me into killing my children in the water Did you hope that you would get away with it? You started it and all I did was to follow you. Thereupon the battle started. They used stones and spears; yet they did not injure each other. They came together and grappled. Their energy weakened but neither had the upper hand. Finally Bualop Tilut in his rage thrust his hand down the throat of Bualop Penem and did the same to the other Bualop. The they both fell but nobody let go and they both died. Their country is empty; there is nobody to enjoy the many garden plots they left behind. Alas said the soul of Bualop Penem when flying over; alas my poor planatations that I have left behind. I will build a boat and I will come and look for them. He needed a boat and flew through the sky. But on the way he encountered two iron wood trees. The ship crashed into them and broke; the soul itself fell to the earth and the fall killed it. Such was the wretched fate of that poor Bualop.

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