1124 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [inii. ann. 3s 



57 Then you will ol)taiii what makes you strong, so that nothing will be 

 too difficult for you." | Thus said the one who was invisililc to 

 Xaxosenas5^. Then Xaxosen&so^ | said, "I will do so;" and he 



60 sat down and dived under water, and |! held on to the bodom in the 

 very cold water. He staid there a very long time, i and then came 

 up. He just wanted to goi/his breath. | Then he div^d agam, and 

 he staid down even longer than he had staid | the first time when he 

 dived. He came up again, and | sat down on the rock to get his 



65 breath; and as soon as he had || recovered his breath, he dived 

 again, and staid below water for really | a long tinie. Then he came 

 up and sat down on the rock to \ get his breath; and as soon as he 

 had recovered his breath, | he arose to dive again. Then spoke again 

 the man | whom he had heard speaking before, and who was invisi- 



70 blc to him. || He said, "O friend! now really do not | come up until 

 your breath gives out. Keep open your e3'es ] while you are under 

 water, then there wiU be nothing that you can not see." Thus said 

 the one who was heard. | ^Alien the speech of the one who was heard 

 by Xaxosenaso^ was ended, | he replied, and said, "I shall do so." || 



75 And he dived into the water in the eyes of the Dzonoq !wa. \ Now he 

 kept his eyes open, and held on to the bottom, while he staid mider 

 water; | and he only let go when his breath gave out. ] Then he 

 floated up, and he did not know how long a time he had been | 



58 ^nex'^lae k- !esa dogiilts Xaxosenaso^. Wa, laEm^lawise nek-e Xaxose- 

 naso^: '' HeLEn gwahxLe," ^nex'^laexs lae k'.imsa laxa -'wape qa^s 



60 gElbEnts'.e laxa alii wuda^sta ^wapa. Wii, he^lat!a la gEj-EnsEJaxs 

 g'axae qlax^wida. Wa, aEm^lawise ^nex' cja q lEsmEux^wTdeses hasa- 

 ■yaxs lae edEnsa. Wii, la^iae gagEyinsElagaweses ^wtVwadzEiisElas 

 liixes g'ilae das'ida. Wii, gTix^lae q'.ax^wida. Wii, giihiEmiawise 

 k!waa qn qlEsniEux^wIdeses hiisa^ye. Wa, g'lpEm^hiwis ^iiEmx'- 



65 dzExHvide hasa^yasexs lae et'.ed diis-ida. Wii, laEm^lae filax'^Id 

 gEyEnsEla. Wii, g'ax^lae qlilx'wida. Wa, li¥lae k!wag'aala qa 

 q lEsmEux^wideses hasa^ye. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise q lEsmEnx^wIde hasa- 

 ^ya lae Laxvila qaxs lE^mae et!edEl diis^IdEl, hia^lase edzaqwaEl 

 yaq'.Eg'a^le wiiLElnaxwiis yilq!Ent!ala bEgWiinEma, yix k"!ese dogults. 



70 Wii, la^lae ^neka: "-ya, qast, wag'il la alax'ndLEx laEm al^Emt q!iix- 

 ^widEl qaxo lal hibaEos hasa-yaqos. Wii, laLEs clEX'alal qaso hll 

 gEyEusElal qa-'s k' loiiseLos k' !es dogulLol," %ex'-lae wuEElas. Wii, 

 g'il^Em^lawise cj;!ulbe waldEmasa yaq'.Entlala wuleIIs Xiixosenaso^ 

 lae na^naxmeq. Wii, lii^lae ^nek'Eq: "HeLEn gwiilaLe," ^nex'^laexs 



75 lae das'ida liLxa ^wape q !6stE=wes gegE'yagEsasa Dzonoq !wa. Wa, 

 laEm^lae dEX'ala. Wii, ax'saEm^lawise gElbEntsla lae gEyEnsEla. 

 Wii, a'mes heEm gElpak'Elaatsexs lae wIxLax'-ides hiisa-ye. Wii, 

 g-ax^Em^lao iiEmpEx'osta. Wii, laEm-lae k'les q!aLElaxes 'wiVwatsIa- 

 ase yaq'.wa. Wa, lii^lae ts'.Ek'lEx^ida. Wa, laEm^lawise Liixula- 



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