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The interest of this story li<'S in tlic f;ict that it resenihies well-known l-.skinio 

 myths in certain ih'tails. Tiie cjiisoile witii w hich it opens is tolil all tlie way round 

 the world. 



^ As was once eustoinary with the sons of cliiefs. 



^ Canada geese. 



^Plants with edible roots growing around the mouths of creeks. 



* Such as were used to make awls and gimlets out of. 



^ Supernatural beings are often said to be tickled l)y having some one merely look at 

 them. 



"This is undoubtedly the pole held on the breast of Supernatural-l)eing-stan<ling- 

 and-moving, which rose in the middle of the Haida country and extended to tlie sky. 



'Master Hopper (LkienqiV-ixon), referred to in many other places throughout 

 these stories. He was a one legged supernatural being, or a supernatural being having 

 one leg shorter than the other. Here he is represented as only a half-man. 



* That is, the man became a sea gull. 



