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coal and blew up the fire in it. He had not blown it a long time | 75 

 when the fire blazed up. Then he put stones on the | fire that he 

 had made, and he gathered dead eel-grass and put it down | near the 

 fire; and when the stones were white hot, | he pulled away the fire; 

 and when the stones were all out 1| of the fire, he gathered them up 80 

 and I threw on the dead eelgrass. Then he took the abalones | and 

 placed them with the open side on the layer of eelgrass. | Then he 

 took more dead eelgrass, and put it into the water in a | hole in the 

 rock. Then he covered it over the four large || abalones wliich were 85 

 steaming. Then he sat down waiting for them to be done. Wlien | 

 they were cooked, he took out the meat of the four large abalone 

 shells; | and after he had taken out the meat, he put them aboard his 

 canoe. | Then he went home running before the northwest wind. It 

 was nearly | evening when he arrived at Tag'os. Then II XwelageLas 90 

 was proud on account of the four large abalone shells | which he had 

 found by good luck ; and he carried them on each side as he went up 

 the beach of his | house. He did not try to hide them. Then what 

 was carried by him was seen by the | men who were walking about, 

 and it was reported to the Chief | Hayalk'En. Immediately Ha- 

 yalk'En questioned || XwelageLas about where he had been, and 95 

 XwelageLas said that he had been on the | inner side of Tag'os. He 



saxa ts'.olna qa^s pox^widexa x'lX'Eq'.Eg'a^ye. Wa, wilaxdze lae ge- 75 

 g'ils poxwaqexs lae x'iqosta. Wii, la^lae xEXLEntsa tlesEme laxes 

 lEqwela^ye. Wa, la^lae q!ap!ex'^Idxa ts!ats!Esmote qa^s la lEx^alisE- 

 las laxa mag"hiwalisases lEgwise. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise niEnniEnltsEm- 

 x'ldeda t!esEmaxs lae k'elts'.jilaxagiilta. Wa, gil'Em^lawise ^wllx'- 

 seda giiltaxs lae q'.ap'.esgEinlisaxa x'lx'ExsEmala tlesEma. Wii, SO 

 la^lae lEx^alodalasa ts!iits!Esmote Laq. Wii, lii'lae ax^edxa gwalets!a 

 qa^s qeqEpiilamaseqexs lae axEyiats liixa ts!ak"!a ts!iits!Esm6ta. 

 Wii, la^lae ax^edxa waokwe ts!ats!Esmota qa^s lExstEndes laxa 

 q'.Ewa ^wapa. Wa, la^lae lExeg'ints liixes UEk'asE^wa mosgEine awfi, 

 gwaletsla. Wa, laEm^hiwise k!wiig"alis esEla qaL'.opes. Wii, g' 11- S 5 

 ^Em^liiwise L!opa lae alx'^idxa mosgEme aw& gwalets'.e. Vv^ii, g'il- 

 ^Ein^lawise' gwal Elk"aqexs lae ax^alExsas laxes xwak!iiiia. Wii, 

 g'tix^Em^lae nii^nak" nEq '.Exi.iilaxa dziiqlwa yala. Wii, k" les^Em^la- 

 wise ex'ala qa^s dzaqwexs lae lag'aa lax Tag'os. Wii, laEin^lilwise 

 XwelageLase LEmqes miqa^ye qaes Logwa^ya mosgEme awa gwale- 90 

 ts!a. Wii, la^me aEm dildanEweqexs lae lasdesEla laxa LlEina^'isases 

 g'okwe; k"!es qlulaLElaq. Wii, he^mis la dox^waLElatsa bebEgwa- 

 nEme g'EyEmg'ilsElax daakwas. Wii, lii^lae tslEk" !iiWtsE^weda g'iga- 

 ma^ye Hayalk'Ene. Wii, liex'^ida^Em^lawise Hayalk'En g'iix liix 

 g'okwas XwelageLase. Wii, laEiu^lawise Hayalk'Ene wuLax Xwe- 95 

 lageLas liix laasdils. Wii, lii^lae XwelageLase ^nek'Exs hex'de liida 



