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to recover him. Tbeu the chief stepped up and he took one sea mon- 

 ster in each hand and threw them away. "Ehehiu," shouted the per- 

 son ["liow he throws away the sea lions of the supernatural people"]. 

 "'Ehehiu', you say; I threw away those who bit me," said Blue- Jay. 

 Then they all entered the house and stayed there. There were no peo- 

 ple in it except the chief's sister. [Blue- Jay said to his brother 

 Robin:] "What will they give us to eat, Robin?" "Oh, be quiet," 

 replied Robin. Then said Blue-Jay : " Our chief's fire makes noise just 

 as this here." There was only one log in the house. Then the per- 

 son shouted: "Come down to the fire you who splits wood with his 

 beak." Then a being came out [from under the bed] with a long beak 

 who split the log. "Robin," said Blue- Jay, "that was our great-great- 

 grandfather's slave." " I do not know that he was our slave; you alone 

 have slaves." Then a fire was made and the whole house was full of 

 smoke. The person shouted : " Come down to the fire. Smoke-eater." 

 "Robin," said Blue-Jay, "he also was our (great-great-grandfather's) 

 slave; he always carried me on his back and led you by the hand." 

 "I do not know that he was our slave; you alone have slaves." Then 

 the smoke man came down and [they saw that] he had an enor- 

 mous belly. He stepped into the middle of the house and swallowed 

 all the smoke. The house became light. Then they brought a small 

 dish and one cut of meat was in it. "Robin," said Blue- Jay, "that is 

 too little; that is not enough for all of us; I certainly shall not get 

 enough." Then a person shouted : "Come down to the fire you who 

 cuts whale with his beak." Then a person came to the fire with a very 

 sharp beak, who began to cut meat. He cut and cut until the whole 

 dish was full. Then he blew upon it and it became a large canoe full 

 of meat. They boiled it, and when it was nearly done they all went 

 out and their chief took reeds. These he put into their mouths [and 

 pushed them right through them] so that they came out at the anus. 

 They all did so, also Blue- Jay. Then they entered again and sat down. 

 They made small holes where they sat and began to eat. They swal- 

 lowed the meat and it went right out at the anus. Blue Jay arose 

 and there lay his anus. '"Look here, Robin, my anus fell down right 

 here!" Then the people took him by his arms, carried him out of the 

 house, and pulled the reed out of his mouth. Then the chief and Blue- 

 Jay entered again; he took three spoonfuls and he had enough. Then 

 the people continued to eat and the whale meat became less and less. 

 Then they went out, took out the reeds and reentered. They continued 

 to eat. 'Now they ate in the right way and finished all they had boiled. 

 Then a person cried: "Ehehiu, how they eat all the meat of the super- 

 natural beings!" Then Blue- Jay said: "Did you think T could not 

 finish what you gave me to eat?" 



Kow they stayed in the house. Blue- Jay went out. He was over- 

 satiated. He looked and saw a patch of kinuikinnik berries. He 

 began to eat them, when a person called : " Oh, Blue-Jay eats the excre- 



