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72 no lumps. | After he has finished this, he takes his straight knife 
and | his bent knife, and he cuts all around the corners with the 
straight knife, | around the inside of what he is working at; and 
after he has done so, || he takes his crooked knife and shaves out the 
inside until it is very | smooth. This is the box for pounding salal- 
berries, and it is | just like a box after it is finished. Now the box 
for pounding salal-berries is finished, | for it is called that way. | 
1 The Making of Boxes. — Now I will talk again | about her husband, 
who has to make a box for the lily-bulbs. | 
He takes his wedge-basket, | his stone hammer, and his ax, and 
5 he goes to a || patch of cedar-trees in the woods, looking for a good 
tree, | the bark of which runs straight up and down, without a twist. 
When | he finds one of this kind, he chops the cedar-tree | down 
on the side on which the branches are, so that it falls on its back | 
when it falls. When he passes the heart of the tree while chopping, 
10 he goes around || and chops the smooth side; and when it falls, it 
goes down on the side where it has been chopped in | deeply, and 
falls on its back. Now the cedar-tree lies on its back; | and the 
smooth side, which is the best side, is on top. He chops it off two | 
fathoms from the foot of the tree; and when | he has chopped down 
15 to the heart of it, he measures || eight spans, beginning at the place 
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72 gilfmésé gwalexs laé &x‘édxés nexx‘ila k'!awayowa LE‘wis 
xElxwata k'lawayowa. Wa, li xiitséstalasa nexxiila k !awayo 
lax @wanux"ts!Awasés @axelasE‘we. Wa, gil'mésé gwilexs laé 
75 axteédxés xElxwala k lawayowa qa‘s xElxtitmgindés laq qa flak: !a- 
lés qgésé Ogiigafyasa Ing-ats!ixa nek!tie. Wa, la ytirm la 
ewex'sa g‘ildasaxs Jaé gwala. Wa, lamm gwala Ing-ats!ixa nek!i- 
fe qaxs hé‘maé LégEemsé. > 
1 The Making of Boxes. WA, la‘mésen édzaqwal gwagwex'sx‘‘idr} 
lax 1a‘wiinrmas yixs laé xesélaxid x‘dkumats!éé xaxExadzema. 
Wa, hérm ixétsdsés q!waats!isés let!ex'sm*yasé Lemlemg-a‘yé. 
Wa, hé'misés pelpelqé Le‘wis sobayowe. Wa, lai qas‘ida qa‘s la 
5 laxa wilgtxektla laxa an!é alix ék-ételiisa welkwe. Wii, hé‘misa 
nEqEMg'ustawas tslagégra®yexa klésé k:lilp!enatya. Wa, gil- 
emésé q!axa hé gweéx'sé, laé héx‘idarm sdp!exddmq gwek: !dt!n- 
xawatyés sdp!exotse’we laxa clenx'k !ot!ena‘yas qa t!éx“ilsés 
qo t!ax*idio. Wa, gilfmésé lak: !odilé sobétatyas laé lak: !6t exoda 
10 qa‘s sopk'!aédzendéq. Wa, li gwagwaaqaxs laé t!ax‘id laxa win- 
qeliis sobelé laxa Awig-a‘yas. ‘Wii, la‘mé t!ek-!msa welkwe. Wai, 
lapm ék'!ek:laésala yixa wilkmas. Wa, li tmmx‘widxa mal- 
plenk’é laxens barax g‘ig‘irela laxa Oxiatyas. Wa, g‘il‘mésé 
lalaqé temkwa‘yas lax domaqaséxs laé bal itsés q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
15 na‘tyé qa malgtinalp!enk-és ‘wasgemasas gvig‘frela lax temkwa- 
