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the song-leaders || to sing the feasting-song, and | the numaym 15 

 ^walas learned to sing the song that night. Wlien | they all Imew 

 the feasting-song, they went out of | the host's house. In the morn- 

 ing, when day came, they | lighted the fire in the middle of the house; 

 and when it began to blaze up, they || cleared out the house. After 20 

 they had done so, the stones were red-hot. | Then all the young men 

 of the I numaym ^walas were asked to help put red-hot | stones into 

 the boxes to cook the seal. They came and took | each a pair of 

 tongs, picked out the red-hot || stones, and placed them in the boxes 25 

 for cooking the | seals; and when the water boiled, they put in the | 

 butchered seal. Wlien (the boxes) were nearly fuU, they stopped 

 putting in more | butchered seal. They took the tongs and | put 

 more stones on top of the || butchered seal. When the water was 30 

 boiling, they | took mats and spread them over them; and when 

 they were all | covered with mats, the young men | took their tongs 

 and went to invite the four | numayms of the Nak !wax' da^x" on 

 behalf of MEnlesid (IV 4), for || Qlumx'od (IV 4) was already using 35 

 this name, as he was giving a feast. The young men went into | tlie 

 houses and called every one by name, | standing inside of the door- 

 way of the house of whomever they were inviting; and when | they 



gade, qa^s dEnx^edesa kiwelayalayowe q!EmdEma. Wa, laEm 15 

 qlEmdelaxa la ganuLaxa ^uE^memotasa ^walase. Wa, gil^mese 

 ^nfixwa la qialaxa kiwelayalayo qlEmdEmxs lae hoquwEls laxa 

 k!weladzats!eLe g^okwa. Wa, giFmese ^nax'^ldxa gaalaxs lae tse- 

 nabotsE^wa la gwalila laqawallle. Wa, g'll^mese x'lqostaxs lae ex- 

 ^wltsE^weda g'okwe. Wa, giHmese gwalExs lae memEnltsEmx^^i- 20 

 deda tIesEme. Wa, hex'^ida^mese la axsE^weda ^naxwa ha^yal^asa 

 ^nE^memotasa ^walase, qa g^axes g'iwala kMlpstalasa x'Tx^ExsEmala 

 t!esEm laxa k" !ik' !hnyaxLa q!olats!elxa megwate. Wa, gaxda^xwe 

 ^wFla a^mise ^nal^nEmx'^Idxa kMipLalaa qa^s k"!ip!edexa x'Ix'exse- 

 mala tlesEm, qa^s la kMlpstalas liixa k' !lk' temyaxLa q!olats!elxa 25 

 megwate. Wa, gIPmese mEdslx^wideda ^wapaxs lae axstalayuweda 

 sag'ikwe megwat laq. Wa, g'iPmese Elaq qotlaxs lae gwal axstalasa 

 sagikwe megwat laqexs lae et!ed ax^cdxa k'llpLalaa, qa^s et!ede 

 k-!ip!ed laxa x'ix'ExsEmala tIesEina, qa^s laxat! et!ed k" lipEyhadalas 

 laxa sag'Ekwe megwata. Wa, g'il^mese alax'^id maEmdElqiilaxs lae 30 

 ax^edxa le^wa^ye qa^s LEpEyindes laq. Wa, g'il'mese ^naxwa la 

 LEpEyaax"sa le^wa^yaxs lae hex'^idaEm la ^wMamaleda ha^yal^a 

 dalaxes k' !ik'EpLalaa. Wa, laEm lal Le^lalalxa mosgEmak !use ^nal- 

 ^UE^mematsa Nak!wtix'da^xwe qa MEnlesidaase, qa^s lE^mae yawa- 

 s^Ide Qlumx'ode LegadEsexs kiwelasae. Wa, la^me laLJEsalaxa 35 

 g'okulaxa ha^yal^a LexEqElax LeLEgEmases Le^lalasE^we laxes q !wa- 

 stalats lena^ye lax tiEx'llasa g'ig^okwases Le^lalasE^we. Wa, g'll- 



