He toed the line with his naked left foot; in his brown right hand he carried a calabash of water.

"Taboo! Taboo! Taboo!" he exclaimed aloud, pouring out the water upon the ground symbolically.

"If any man dare to transgress this line without leave, I drown him in his canoe.

If any woman, I drag her alive into the spring as she fetches water.

Taboo to the King of the Rain and the Queen of the Clouds.