88 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN. 35 
32’ which he is making and puts it down | close by the fire. He marks 
on the floor a point on each side of the marks that he has put on | the 
three corners of the oil-box that he is making. Then | he takes the 
35 box away and puts it down flat at a place not far from || where he is 
working. He takes his wife’s clam-digging stick and digs up | the 
soil. The hole that he digs is of the same length as the width | of the 
box that he is making, and the width of the hole is one span, | and 
40 it is one span deep. | As soon as he has done so, he takes the || large 
basket, goes down to the beach, and picks off | dulce and throws 
it into a basket. | When it is full, he carries it on his back up the 
beach, | into the house in which the box is being made. He puts it 
down at the place | near where he dug the holes. As soon as this is 
45 done, he takes good, easily-splitting || pine-wood and splits it with 
his knife into thin pieces. | He cuts them round with sharp | points. 
The length of each is four finger-widths. | He cuts them of the same 
size as the size of his drill, and he uses them to peg | the ends of the 
50 box together. (Some people sew the ends || of the box with cedar- 
withes.) | As soon as he has cut enough pegs, he goes to get his drill, | 
and also the tongs, which he brings and puts down. As soon as this 
is done, | he takes his large bucket and goes to draw fresh water. | 
39 mag ‘tnwalisasés lngwilé. Wii, lai xtlt!alilax wiwax'sba‘yasés xwéxt- 
tatya yidux"ts!aqé k-!ék:!dsaltsa dengwats!é witilasd’s. Wa, 1a 
Léeqtililaxés witlasm‘we, qa‘s li pax‘alilas laxa k'!ésé qwésalalil 
35 laxés Gaxilasé. Wa, li ax‘édex k‘lilakwasés genrmé, qa‘s ‘lap!i- 
déxa dzeqwa. Wa, lazm ‘nemasgrmé ‘lapa‘yas 16° ‘wadzEwasasés 
witlaise'we. Wai, lii ‘nal‘nemp!en lixens q !waq !wax'ts!ana‘yéx, yix 
‘witwadzkgasas. Wai, laxaé ‘nal‘nemp!enké ‘wi‘walabxtalilasas 
laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx. Wa, gilfmésé gwalmxs laé Ax‘édxa 
40 ‘walasé lmxa‘ya, qa‘s li lents!ésrla lixa Llema‘isé, qa‘s la k!tlgt- 
laxa Llesi!ekwé qa‘s li lexts!ilas laxés L!mewats!é lmxatya. Wai, 
gil'mésé qot!axs laé OxLEx‘idEq, qa‘s gaxé OxLosdéskElaq, qa‘s la 
dxLaéLElaq laxés witflats! gokwa. Wa, la Oxing-alilas laxa 
nExwala laxés ‘lapatye. Wa, gil’mésé gwalexs laé ix*édxa ég-aqwa 
45 lax xAsetwe wiinagtita, qa‘s xox‘widésés k:!awayowe laq, qa‘s wiswil- 
tewes. Wii, li k !ax*widnq qa térlxEnés. Wii, hé‘mis, qa wiswEl 
bés dbafyas. Wa, li maémodEné awisgEmasas lixEns q!waq!wax'- 
tslanafyex. Wa, la‘mé nanamag‘it!aq Lewis sElemé qo Lap!idLEs 
laxa sak-odafyasés witlasm‘weé. Wii, lana t!emt!sgddéda wadkwe 
50 wiwtt'lénox"sa wiswEltowé drwéx lax sak‘oda‘yasés wtlasE’we. Wai, 
gilmése hétalé k:-!axwatyas Labema laé k:!eng-alilaxés sElemé. 
Wa, hé*misé k‘!ipnalaa, qa gaixés k-adéla. Wii, gil'‘mésé gwalexs 
laé Axtédxés ‘wailasé nagats!i, qa‘s li tsex‘idex ‘wr‘wap!ema, 
qa’s g'axé hing-alilas. Wa, li &x‘édxa k-lak-!nk-lobané qa g-axés 
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