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1 The Making of Horn Spoons (1).—Now I will talk about the | making 
of the horn spoon, the black spoon. | When the head of the mountain- 
goat is taken off, it is | kept in the corner of the house for four days, 
5 and it is placed || not far from the side of the fire of the house; and | 
when the heat of the fire strikes it, the spoon-maker | turns the head 
over all the time; and when it gets warm, | he places it nearer the 
fire. He watches it all the time | so that it does not get burnt. 
10 When he thinks it is warm through and through, || he takes hold of 
the head and tries to pull | the hair off. When it gets loose, he 
knows that | the horns are also loosened. He takes hold of | the 
horn with his right hand, and with his left hand he holds | the nose 
15 of the head. Then he twists the horn a little and || pulls it off. Now 
the horn has been blown off by the steam. He | also does the same 
with the other one. When he has them off, | he takes his hand- 
adz and a block of wood and he adzes it. | He adzes 
it at the concave side of the horn, | placing the , 
thick end on the block of wood, in this manner:| g 
90 As soon as he has it off, he adzes off the ‘‘mouth”’ 
of the spoon so that it is round, | in this manner: 
After he has done so, he measures three | finger- widths, 
beginning at the | top of the horn, and he adzes it so that it 
1 The Making of Horn Spoons (1).— Wi, la‘mmn gwigwex's‘alal laxa 
kasélix witrlaxasa ‘melxnowéxa ts!dlolaqgé kats!mnaqa. Wa, 
hé‘maaxs laé &x‘étsm’we xEWeqwasasa ‘mEIxXLAxs laé mdp!En- 
xwasse ‘nalis axel lax onegwilasa gokwe, qa‘s li ax‘alilem 
5 laxa k'!ésé xenLela nexwala lax onalisasa tmgwilasa gokwe. Wa, 
laé Liésalasds Liésaliisa Imgwilé, wii lida ‘k-asélaénoxwaxa k'a- 
ts!enaqé hémenalarm lex iflilaq. Wa, gflfmésé ts!nlgtifnaki- 
laxs laé L!anlasdlelas laxa Inewile. Wa, la hémmnatarm qlaq lalalaq 
qa k !ésés k!imelx ‘ida. Wa, gilsmésé la k-dtaq lanm ts!elxsé lax 
10 wrydq!tigatyasexs laé dax‘idxa xEweqwe qa‘s gtinx“idé p!elxidex 
habrtsema‘yas. Wa, gilfmése k'l!enx‘idexs laé q!AtElagqéxs 
Inf'maé k‘!ineme-aaLElé wiwtlaxs. Wa, héx‘ida‘mésé daxitsés 
hélk:!otts!anafyé laxa win!axé, wi lii dalasés gemxdlts!anatyé laxa 
xindzasa xEweqwaxs laé hilselarm sElxtwidxa wiitlaxaxs laé 
15 nexddeq. Wii, la‘mé tek-dyosa k latela lax fwagatyas. Wa, la 
hépmxat! gweéx‘idxa Apsddatatyas. Wa, gil’mesé lawiixs laé 
axédxés k'!imnayuwé Le‘wa temgikwé Imqwa qa‘s k:!imidemaq. 
Wii, li k-!tmlodex ok!waédzafyasa witlaxasa ‘mrlxLaxs laé L!en- 
qalé Lex"ba‘yas lixa temg‘tkwé Inqwa; g'a gwiiléza (jfig.). Wii, 
20 gil’mésé lawixs Jaé k-limiidex Awaxstafyas qa ktlxixstax-‘idés 
ova gwiillég’a (fig.). Wii, g tl'mésé gwalexs laé ‘mens‘idxa yidux"drné 
laxpns q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex yix ‘wasgpmasas g‘igtiEla laxa 
