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81 wood, | and he cuts off the end of the cedar-stick that he took up last. | 
He measures it off three spans long. | There he cuts it off, and with 
it he measures the board | at which he is working, in this way, 
85 slanting: As soon || as he finds the end of the measure, 
he marks [ica = it | in the middle of the board with his knife, 
and he | measures it with his cedar-stick, in this way: 
He is trying to find the middle; | and as soon as 
he has found [oie the middle of the board, he marks it with 
his | knife in the middle, and he takes a cedar-stick 
90 and || he cuts off again one finger-width. | Then he takes his drill and 
drills through the end. As | soon as the drill-hole goes through, he 
puts it on the board out of which he is making a box. | He tries to 
put the end of the drill as the end shows at the | under side of the 
95 cedar-stick measure at the mark in the middle of || the board at 
which he is working, in this way: As soon as | the 
end of the drill goes in a little| [ick ceo at the middle of 
the board at which he is working, he bevels | the other end of the 
measure, and he marks along it at the end of the beveled meas- 
ure, | on the edge of the board at which he is working; and he 
100 turns || the free end which has been beveled so that it goes to the 
other edge, and | he marks its end. After he has done so, he takes 
off | his beveled measure and he takes his straight-edge and | puts 
81 Wa, li k !imtbrndxa alagawa‘ye ax‘étsos k!waxLtawa. Wi, li 
balidxa yadux"p!enk’é laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx laxa xokwé 
klwaxtawaxs lae k:!imtts!endrg. Wi, lii mens‘idms laxa wtlask- 
‘was ga gwileg'a (fig.). Wi, lam senoqwala. Wi, g‘ilfmese 
85 qlax ‘walagilasas Oba‘fyasa menyayixs lac xtilt!etsés k-lawa- 
yowe lax negedzityasés witlasm‘we x®sélasE‘wa. Wii, li meEn- 
s‘itsa k!waxLiweé ga gwiilega (fig.). Wii, laem q!aq!aax negedzifyas 
(1). Wi, gilmésé ql!axa negEdzityasexs lae xtilt!étses kx lawa- 
yowe lixa negrdzi‘yas. Wi, li &x‘edxa khwaxiawa qa‘s 
90 étledé k'!imtddxa ‘nemdené lax obatyas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
na‘yex. , Wii, lii &x*edxeés sElemé qa‘s sElx‘sodéx Odba‘tyas. Wii, 
eflfmése lax:siwe splafyas lac k‘admdzots laxes wilasE‘we xEsé- 
laskfwa. Wa, larm nanaxstESwas obafyasa sEleEmax nétbatae lax 
benadzr‘yasa mEnyayowe k!waxLawa lixa xtlta‘ye lax negEdzi- 
95 ‘yas wiilasr‘was xesélasE’wa ga gwiilég-a (jig.). Wi, gflfmese 
nexstodEq laé xin!exid sElx‘ida qa xan!ebEtés obatyas selemas 
lax negEdzityascs witilasm*wé xeEsclase‘wa. Wai, li séndgtidzdts 
ipsbafyas qa‘s xiilt!edéx wiilgilasas oba‘yasa sendgtidzitye meEn- 
yayo lax Apsenxa‘yases welasp‘we. Wii, laxae melbax‘idmq 
100 qa‘s sénogtidzodes qa‘s gwebax“idés lixa AipsEnxa‘ye. Wii, laxaé 
xtlt!edex wiilgilasas Obafyas. Wii, gil*mésé ewalexs lat ixfaLn- 
lodxés senogwayowe mEnyayowa. Wii, li ixtedxés nEgEDOse qa‘s 
