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98 lied aljout the place, where he had been. Then | IlayalkEn spoke 

 .again, and said, | "But what is it the j^oung men refer to that j^ou 

 100 have got?" Thus he said. Then || XwelageLas took up one large 

 abalone shell and showed it to him. | llien he said, "Evidently this 

 wliich I obtained by good luck is what they talk about." Thus he 

 said, I holding up the really beautiful abalone shell, wliich was blue 

 on the inside. At once | Chief Hayalk'Eu tried to take hold of them, 

 but I XwelageLas said, "Don't, Chief! They are not yet secular. 

 5 Later on 11 come and look at them, after they have been four days in 

 this house." | Thus he said. Then Cliief Hayalk'En just went out 

 of I the house of XwelageLas, and went home to his house. He 

 really felt bad | on account of XwelageLas, because he had not given 

 up the abalone shells to him; | but he had tried in vain to look at 



10 them. And Hayalk'En never || looked at XwelageLas again. But 

 now his name was no longer XwelageLas, for | he had the name 

 Pearl-Shell-Maker, and so I shall call him Pearl-SheU-Maker. | Tlien 

 Pearl-Shell-Maker gave to his son the name Abalone-Shell-of-the- 

 World. I Now this made the mind of Hayalk'En really sore, | and 



15 Hayalk'En thought how to obtain the || pearl shells and the abalone 

 shells, for the pearl shells and | tlie abalone shells were now cut up. 

 Then Hayalk'En started and went into the | house of Pearl-Shell- 

 Maker, and Chief Hayalk'En went right to | the place where Pearl- 



97 SweLa^yas Tag'os. Wii, laEm^lae Lelgwek'axes laasde. Wa, la^lae 

 Hayalk'En edzaqwa yaq'.Eg'a^la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Wa, ^ma- 

 dzatla gwE'ysisa ha^yal^a yanEmos," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hVlae Xwela- 

 100 geLas dax'^idxa ^nsmexLa ^walas gwalets!a qa^s doqwamases laq. 

 Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "G'axEnt gwE^yoseg'ada Logweg'in," ^nex'^lae 

 dzoxwalasa alii la ex'sto dzasas 5ts!a gwaletsla. Wa, hex'^idasm- 

 ^lawisa glgama^ye Hayalk'En wax' dadaaq. Wii, la'lae Xwelage- 

 Lase ^nek'a: "Gwala, g'lgame^, qaxs k' les^maex baxus^ida. Al^Em- 

 5 LEs gax doqwaLEq" qaxo lal moplEnxwa^dzel liixwa g'5kwex," 

 ^nex'^lae. Wa, aEm'lilwisa g-igiima^ye Hayalk'En la lawEls lax 

 g'okwas XwelageLas, qa^s lii nii^nak" laxes g'5kwe. Ala ^yax'SEmes 

 naqa^ye cja XwelageLase, qaxs lae yiix'stotsa gwalets!a laqexs lae 

 wiix" diik'!iilaq qa^s dox^wideq. Wii, hewiixa^lat!ii etiede Hayal- 



10 k'Eu doqwax XwelageLas, ylxs la^me gwalLegadEs XwelageLas, qaxs 

 la^me LegadEs K'ogwesila. Wii, he^mesEu liil LeqElayoLEqe K'ogwe- 

 slla. Wa, lii^lae Lex^ede K'ogwesila yis Ex"ts!Emalagilis laxes 

 bilbagume xtinokwa. Wii, heEm^liiwis la ala ts'.EX'IlamasEX n^qa- 

 ^yas Hayalk'En. Wii, laEm^ae Hayalk'En sEna qa^s g'iiyoLasxa 



15 k'ogwese LE^wa ex'tslEme qaxs lE^mae EExs^aakwa k'ogwese LE^wa 

 ex'ts'.Eme. Wii, la^lae qas^ida ylx Hayalk'Ene. Wa, lii^lae laeL lax 

 g'5kwas K'ogwesila. Wii, he^nakiilaEm^lawisa g'lgama^^'e Ilayal- 



