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82 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [DTH. ANN. 26 
The Making of Oil-Boxes.— I have forgotten to talk about the meas- 
uring | of the oil-boxes. The husband of the | woman who picks 
viburnum-berries takes his seven wedges and his | hammer for split- 
ting boards in the wedge-bag of sea-lion skin. || He carries these on 
his back and goes into the woods, carrying his ax | in one hand. 
He is going to a place where he knows of a cedar-tree which has 
moss on its back, and which has been lying on the ground for a long 
time; | for the box-maker looks for this kind of a tree when he wants 
to make an oil-box, | because it bends, and it does not split easily, 
although | the heat strikes it for a long time when they are trying 
out the oil at Knight Inlet. As soon || as he comes to a trunk that 
has no branches or knots, he puts his wedge-bag down on the 
ground | and chops into the log near the top of the cedar-tree. 
When | the place chopped out is a little over one span 
deep, | he measures three spans, | making more 
room for starting his chopping, in this way: Q_____¥¥_) || As 
soon as the new notch has the same depth as | 
the first one, he chops out the block between 5 the 
two notches. | When it comes off, it is this way: (______©7_) The 
long slanting place that he has chopped out is | 
the place where he will put his wedges in. Now he starts 
where he | cut in, and measures off ten spans || and four finger- 
widths. | There he chops into the tree, and the chopping at 
The Making of Oil-Boxes.—Wa, héxo_mn L!rléwésk‘wa meEnsa- 
fyasa dpngwats!émote. Wi, hépm gil Ax‘étsds liswiinkmasa t !Elts!é- 
noxwé ts!mdaqés lat!ayowé aLebdts!aq Lemlemg-ayowa LE‘wés 
lat!ex'’sE‘yasé pelpelqaxs ql!wats!aé laxés q!waats!é L!éxens- 
gema. Wa, lamnm oxtalagéxs laé axé‘sta dak-!otrlaxés sdba- 
yowe. Wi,lamm lal laxés q!atsr‘wa p!eldzék‘ila la gé‘s tlats Lek” 
welkwa, qaxs hé'maé liiso‘sa ‘wi'wilénoxwaxa drngwats!éré, 
qaxs ts!exaé; wi hé‘méséxs k‘!ésaé ts!Etaxs wax‘‘maé la giila 
ts!elqwasdsa L!ésaliisa semx’dema Inq!tisxa dzaxtiné. Wa, gfl- 
smésé lag‘aa laxa ék-ételixs laé héx‘idamm OxLEg‘aElsaxés q!wa- 
ats!e. Wa, la temx‘widxa gwéba‘yé laxa Oxtf‘yasa welkwe. Wi, 
gtlmésé éseg’Eyowe la ‘walabedats sdpatyas laxEns q!waqwax-- 
ts!anafyex laé baltidxa ytdux"p!enké Jaxens q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
na‘yéx laé sag‘ilita sop!éd gig itela laxés galé sOpatyaxa g-a gwi- 
lég'a (fig.). Wa, gil'mésé latnemalé ‘walabrtsas alé temkwés LE‘wis 
galé sdpa‘yaxs, laé ktigevelodex Awaigawa‘yasés temkwa‘yé. WaA, 
o fl'mésé lawiixs laé ga ewiilégra (fig.). Wi, héem q!walaastes Lem- 
lemg-ayowasxa la g‘iltsto senoqwala sopés. Wa, li g*iig-ttela laxés 
temkwa‘yé (1), laé balidxa neqap!enké laxEns q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
nafyex. Wi, hé‘misa modené laixens q!waq!wax'ts!anafyaxs 
laé sobetendeg. Wi, la‘me gwagwaaxstilé senodqwalaéna‘yas 
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