The Bear made a dam to collect water, and put the Monkey to watch it. Every sort of animal came crying, "I am dry. Who has water which he does not want? I am dry." The Monkey always said, "The water belongs to Granddaddy Bear. If you dare to drink, drink; if you dare to suck, suck it up." Then the Tiger came along, saying, "I am dry. Who has water which he does not want? I am dry." The Monkey replied, "It is my Granddaddy Bear's water. If you dare to drink, drink; if you dare to suck, suck it up." The Tiger drank it all; he sucked the place dry. Then the Monkey went to the Bear and said, "Oh, Granddaddy Bear, the Tiger has drunk your water!" So the Bear rushed up and began to fight with the Tiger. They fought a long time and both died, and the Monkey took their bones. "Whose ever bones will sound, whether my Granddaddy the Tiger's or Granddaddy the Bear's," he said, and so, taking the bones which would sound, he made a rotchem (see Chapter II, para. 6) out of them and he sat in the fork of a tree and played on it. The Quail, hearing the sound, came up. "Hallo, Monkey! let me play for a bit," he said. "Oh, ho!" said the Monkey, "you will fly off with the rotchem." "If you fear that," said the Quail, "hold me by the tail." So the Monkey held him tight by the tail, and off he flew, but the Monkey pulled his tail clean out. Then the Quail came and begged for his tail, saying, "Do give me back my tail." But the Monkey replied, "You can ransom it by paying eight mithan." "Oh," said the Quail, "if I have to pay eight mithan for it, I'll just remain tailless," and flew away. The following tale is interesting as showing the great prestige the Tipperah chief enjoyed among the Lushais, who call him "Rengpui." There are many versions of this tale, some of which are very long. I have been obliged to abridge it considerably. Rimenhoiyi married Zawlthlia. Their house was of iron. They had an eight-fold iron door. They beautified the inside with iron and brass things. They also had a window (i.e., Zawlthlia was Thangchhuah [8]) and a platform to sit on--in fact they wanted for nothing.