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 * Nyain || bulang || tyanardi || wanyap || warkinnual || ngalluganukyanbal || nyum
 * Saw || they (the Brambambulls saw) || many|| fires|| he had made || on his way || till (they)
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 * Saw || they (the Brambambulls saw) || many|| fires|| he had made || on his way || till (they)
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.—The Rev. Mr. Hartmann says in a letter to me, in reference to this story, that, according to information given by the blacks, it is known all over the country. It is only part of a long story. The two Brambambulls were rather remarkable men. The blacks' further account of them may be briefly stated thus:—The Brambambulls were invulnerable, and the elder could make himself invisible whenever he pleased. The last thing known about the elder is that he went away in a whirlwind. The younger Brambambull is said to have vanished too for a while, but to have made his appearance again in another part of the country. He was followed and found by his mother. It is said that he died from the effects of a snake-bite; that he was buried; and that he became alive again. After that he could not be found any more. The portion of the story that is sent, Mr. Hartmann says, is written in the way a black would tell it—of course considerably abridged.