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every time he let down his bag net. it came up full of mud from the 

 river. Tsauda, however, filled his large canoe with fishes, and they 

 went home early. Many slaves carried up the fish to his father-in- 

 law. As soon as they had emptied the large canoe, they went again 

 the same day, and toward evening Tsauda came home again. Then 

 his father-in-law's slaves carried the fish to his father-in-law. He 

 had two large canoes full of fish, which he gave to his father-in-law. 

 Late in the. evening the chief's other son-in-law came home secretly. 

 That was Halus. Before daylight Halus went again with his wife 

 and his mother-in-law; but he caught nothing, only leaves and mud. 



Tsauda went again with his wife and a female slave, and before noon 

 he had filled his large canoe with fish. 



Tsauda met Halus while he was going home, and Halus's bag net 

 was full of leaves, mud, chips, and all lands of rubbish; and when 

 Tsauda came alongside his canoe, Halus was ashamed to see Tsauda's 

 canoe full of fish. Now Tsauda gave his fish to his wife's elder uncle; 

 and soon after he had eaten in the house of his wife's uncle, while the 

 slaves were still carrying up his fish, Tsauda started again. He passed 

 the place where Halus was, and he made fun of him. "Have you 

 filled your canoe now with fallen leaves ? " Halus felt very much dis- 

 tressed on account of what his master said. He cried, and his wife 

 also was sad, and so was his mother-in-law. Tsauda went in his 

 canoe, twice in one day and filled it with fish. He gave one canoe to 

 his wife's second uncle. 



On the following morning Tsauda went early; and when he was 

 fishing, his hag net was filled with fish. Just as before, his canoe 

 was full again. Halus came toward him, and said, "Master, will 

 you let me have some of your fish to take in my canoe?" Tsauda 

 replied, "Wait until the season is over." Therefore Halus was much 

 ashamed. He stood up and jumped out of his canoe, and said, "I shall 

 become your snag." He was drowned. His wife also jumped out 

 of the canoe, and said, "I shall be your codfish." 



Tsauda continued to work with the bag net. Halus went to 

 Tsauda's bag net and caught it. Tsauda's net was caught. Tsauda 

 knew that Halus had caught his bag net. Therefore he said, "Halus, 

 let go of that net! If you don't let go of it, I will curse you." But 

 Halus did not want to let go. Then Tsauda cursed Halus, and he 

 became a red cod. He told him that his head would always be 

 downward and his tail upward, and that if he looked up, then his 

 stomach would come out through his mouth and he would die and 

 float on the water. That is why the red cod is this way now. As 

 soon as it looks up, it comes up to the surface of the water, for its 

 stomach comes out through its mouth. 



Halus's beautiful wife became a codfish, a blue-side cod, which is 

 a beautiful fish. Tsauda caught her in his bag net, and he recog- 



