106 ETHNOLOGY. OF THE KWAKIUTL [PUI ANN. 35 
35 stops putting in stones, takes the horns, || and puts them into it. 
He does not leave them there a long time, before | he takes up his 
tongs, feels for the horn, and when he finds one, | he takes soft 
shredded cedar-bark and puts it into his hand | in order not to burn 
it as he takes hold of the point of the horn. He strikes with | the 
thick end against the piece of fire-wood on the floor. Then the core 
40 that is left inside || jumps out. Now the horn is hollow. He con- 
ing this with all of them; and when they are all done, he 
measures off two | finger-widths from the point at the concave | 
(belly) side, in this way: Belly. Then he takes his straight | 
knife and cuts a notch into it, slanting towards 
45 the || thickend. Then he BEEe puts down his knife and 
measures | three finger-widths from the point where he made the 
notch, | towards the big end, and he puts a small notch there. | Then 
he puts down his knife, takes his | adz and adzes off the horn, begin- 
50 ning at the first notch. He adzes off one-half || its thickness between 
the two notches. Then he turns the horn over, | holding it by the thick 
end, and adzes it off so that it is a little rounded, and so that it is 
hollow in the middle. | After this has been done, he adzes off the 
thick end so that it is round; | and when this is done, it is in this 
way: ee, Then he takes | red-pine wood that splits 
55 well and splits it in pieces of the size of our || middle 
35 Llaxé, qa‘s li axstents lag. Wii, k lést!é alazm gé‘stalitexs laé 
axfedxa ts!éstila, qa‘s k‘!ap!elés lag. Wi, g‘fl'mésé litxa ‘nemé 
q!olk" witrlaxexs laé ’x‘édxa q!oyaakwe k‘adzekwa, qa‘s sax'ts!a- 
naléqéxs laé daxits lax witbatyasa wiwlaxé. Wa, li xtisentsa 
LEXYba‘yé laxa leqwa k‘adéla. Wii, hé‘mis la dex‘wiilts!mwats gd- 
40 gitlg'afyas. Wa, lafmé kwakwitx‘idéda wiw!axé. Wa, Ax'si‘mésé 
hé gwégilaxa wadkwe. Wii, gil‘mésé ‘witlaxs laé mens‘idxa mal- 
dené laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yé g‘iigitela lax wilrtafyas lax 
ok waédza‘yasxa gia gwiilég'a (jig.). Wi, li daxidxés nexx‘ila 
k-lawayowa qa‘s k:!imtbrtendéxa Liinéxala gwagwaaqila laxa 
45 LEx”bafyas. Wi, li gigalitaxés k:!awayowé, qa‘s ét!edé mens‘idxa 
yudux"dEné laxrns ginea fwax'ts!anafyex giig-itela lax k-!imtafyas 
owaewaaga laxa LEx"ba‘yé. Wii, laxaé xaL!ex“‘id k !imtbetendEg. 
Wai, li gigvalitaxés k-lawayowé, qa‘s dax“idéxés k'!im_ayowé, qa‘s 
klimiidéxa giigTitbla lax galé k!imtés. Wi, li negoyddé k !im- 
Lafyas lalaa 1a alé k- limtés. Wii, li xwélidxa wit!axé, qa‘s 
daléx Lex"ba‘yaséxs laé k:limiidmq, qa k'ak-Elxalés, qa xiilboydlés, 
Wii, gilfmése gwalexs laé k-!imiidex Lek!ixia‘yas, qa k-ak-Elxalés. 
Wa, g il'mésé gwatexs laé ova gwiilég'a (fig.). Wii, li axtédxa ég-aqwa 
lax xdsE*we unmet Wii, ia xoxox"s*EndEq, qa yuwes iwdgwitEns 
55 ‘nolax'ts!amafyaxsEns q Iwaig !vax” tslanafyéx. Wii, li bal‘itsa ‘nEmM- 
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