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Since the horn is pliable, he can spread it|as wide as he wants. Then 
he takes root and ties the | other end of the spoon-mould. After he 
has done so, it is in this way.! After || he has done so with one, he 
does the same with the others; and after he has | finished, he puts 
some more red-hot stones in the steaming-box; | and when the water 
begins to boil up, he takes | mountain-goat tallow and puts it down 
where he is working. Then he puts a dish | down where he is seated, 
takes the || water-bucket with water in it, and pours the water into 
the dish. After | doing so, he takes the spoon with the spoon-mould 
on it | and puts them into the boiling water. When he thinks that | 
they are hot through, he takes them out one by one, | and rubs them 
all over with the tallow; and as soon as he has done so, || he throws 
them into the cold water in the dish. He does this | with all of them. 
He wants them to become brittle, | therefore he does so. As soon as 
they have all been put into the cold water | in the dish, he takes 
them out, unties the roots which he has tied | around the mould, and 
takes dogfish-skin from the back of the dogfish, and || polishes the 
outside and the inside. When they are smooth both outside | and 
inside, they are finished. He continues doing this | with all of them, 
and in this way the horn spoons are made. | Now, that is all. | 
‘widzEgng’aatséxs laé ax‘édxa L!dp!eké, qa‘s yil‘idés laxa apsba- 
fyasa Liebrg-atyé. Wi, li ga gwiilaxs laé gwalég'a.t Wa, gfl- 
‘mésé gwatexs laé dem hé gwéegilaxa wadkwé. Wii, g‘fl'mésé ewa- 
texs laé xwélaqa k‘!ipstalasa xix‘exsemala t!ésem lixa q!dlats!é. 
Wi, gilfmésé medelx*widéda ‘waipaxs laé iix‘édxa yasrkwasa 
‘mElxLowé, qa g'axés g'aéla lax GaxeElasas. Wii, li ax*édxa to- 
q!wé, qa®’s gaxé kagalilas laxaaxés k!waélasé. Wi, li ax‘édxa 
nagats!é ‘wabrtslalila, qa‘s giixts!odésa ‘wapé laxa loq!wée. Wa, 
gilfmésé gwalnxs laé ax‘édxa Llebrg‘aakwé ts!éts!ololaqa, qa‘s li 
ix‘stalas laxa marmdelqtla ‘wapa. Wa, gil‘mésé k‘dtaq lazm 
dlak lala la tslelxtwida, laé ‘nalsnememk‘axs laé k!ip*wistalaq, 
qa’s hamelxsemdé drex'sEmtsa yasEkwée laq. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs 
laé ts!exstents laxa wida‘sta ‘wabets!alitxa loq!we. Wa, la ‘na- 
xwarEm hé gwex‘idxa wadkwe. Wai, lamm ‘néx’ qa L!emx‘widés 
lagilas hé gweg'ilaq. Wa, g:il'mésé ‘wifla‘sta laxa wiida‘sta ‘wabr- 
tslilitxa loq!wiixs laé ax*wistalaq, qa‘s qweliléxa L!dp!ek-é yaél- 
bésa Liebegatye. Wa, la ax‘edxa xtlgweg‘a‘yasa xtilgtimé, qa‘s 
xiilx*widéx dsgpma‘yas LESwés Ogig'atyé. Wa, gil‘mésé la qétspma. 
Wii, hé*miséxs laé qédzmg'a laé gwala. Wii, Ax"siifmésé hé gweg i- 
laxa wadkwe. Wii, héem gwegvilatsa ts!oldlaqéliixa ts!ololaqé 
kats!enaga. Wa, laem gwal laxéq. 
1 See figure on p. 104. 
