DIARY OF MRS. FIELDING 

 1902 



December 20. — Yu yumbo'wi" gi'zack da'bi na'wa. tci"'wi" 

 ba'skwa, gi'zack gasu'bota. gi'zack dju'wa'yu, tci'Vi' da'pku, 

 ka'dji' da'pku, gi'zack gata'wi'. 



December 21. — gu'pkwad, mici'yun yugi''sk, ka'dji' ba'skwa, 

 zu'goyun wa'm'i" da'pku. 



December 22. — wi'go yugi''sk, yumbo'wi' wi'go, gi'' zack dju'wa'- 

 yu, tci'wi' dapku, ka'dji' da'pku, gi'zack gata'wi'',' dju'wa'yu. 



December 23. — Ka'yu yumbo'wi' nia'djag gu'n, wi''go tci'wi'' 

 da'pku. Ray ta'mham co' wu'dkwanc yudai.' yugi'sk, ka'yu 

 yuda'pkag, waba'yu wa'm'i yugi'sk, wota'n mi"ki''go yuda'pkag. 



December 24- — wi'ganta yugi''sk, dja'n'au ka'yu ka'dji da'pku, 

 ta'mam co' yudai'. 



December 25. — zu'tc'pu, tci'wi' dapku, zu'tc'pu. 



December 26. — gu'n mata'wi'yu nana'wa waijks yu yumbo'wi' do' 

 haun^ natcka 'wa waqks, zu'tc'pu ka'dji' da'pku, gi'zack gata'wi' 

 da'pku. 



December 27. — gi''zack ba'danta, mata'wi" gu'n. da'bi' gana'wa 

 gi'zack yugi'sk, tci''wi' ba'skwa tci'wi' da'pku dju'wa'yu. 



December 28. — t'ka'yu yuyumbo'wi', dja'ci' gun tci'wi' da'pku, 

 gi' 'zack gata'wi' ka'dji' da'pku, madda'bi' na'wa gi'zack, wi'ganta 

 yugi'sk, wa'mi' gun. 



December 29. — wi''go gi'zack yu yumbo'wi'. da'bi" gana'wa 

 ba'danta wa'mi' gu'n, ka'dji' ba'skwa mo'wi' gata'wi " zu'gayun, 

 da'pku zu'gayun, yuda'pkag gi'zaclv wi'go. 



December SO. — gi'zack wi'ganta yu yumbo'wi", tci"wi' ba'skwa, 

 ka'dji" da'pku, ma'djag gi'zack. gi''zack wi'ganta dju'wa'yu 

 jugi"sk. 



December 31. — wi''go yugi"sk, ka'dji' da'pku. 



1903 



January 1. — gi'zack wi''go ba'danta wi'mo yugi"sk ka'dji. 

 da'pl<u, gi'zack gata'wi'. 



January 2. — gi'zack ba'danta yuyumbo'wi', ka'dji' ba'slcwa, 

 ka'dji' da'pku. 



January 3. — zu'goyun yuyumbo'wi', gu'pkwad. ka'dji' ba'skwa, 

 gu'pkwad, ka'dji' da'pku. 



January 4- — gu'pkwad tci'wi' da'pku, ka'dji' da'pku. 



1 An idiomatic, evidently an incorrect, use of the intentional auxiliary preposition. 

 3 English loan word, from "hound." 



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