1192) ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN. 36 
it over so that it lies on its inner side, | with the sap side downward, 
45 and he pulls off another piece || in the same manner, and the same 
width as the first one. He does | the same with that. As soon as 
everything has been taken off from the good side of the tree, | he 
stops... . | 
This is the size of a young cedar-tree. The bark of a young cedar- 
50 tree is best | when it is two spans in diameter at the butt-end || and 
when the outside bark is mouldy color. Bark is good to be shredded | 
when it is black outside, because the bark is tough, when the bark 
of the young cedar-tree is shredded. | Mats and halibut fishing-lines 
made of the bark of | young cedar-trees last along time. If the man 
takes cedar-bark from a | large cedar-tree, it is brittle, therefore 
55 they do not use it. || 
When the bark-peeler has peeled off enough bark, he begins | to 
take off the outer bark of what he obtained, and he just takes the 
long strips | of what he has peeled off and he measures three spans. | 
Then he bends it over | so as to break the outer bark towards the 
60 inside; || and he presses the pieces together on the inner side in this 
way.! This is the place where | the outer bark splits from the inner 
bark, and the | bark-peeler lifts the broken end of the outer bark 
and | peels it off. When it is off, he measures again the same | 
43 Wi, gilfmésé g'axaxaxs laé héx‘‘ida‘ma sEnq!énoxwé hax‘wilsaq 
qa hiqilelsés senganrEmaxa denasé. Wa, li eét!éd qitsddxa hé- 
45 ‘maxat! ‘wadzowé oe ‘wadzowasasa g-alé qtsdyos. Wii, laxaé hé- 
Emxat! gwexidpq. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘witliwé éx'k:!odEna‘yaséxs laé 
ewala. . ; 
' Wii, hé‘mésa ‘wagridasasa dzEs‘rqwé. Wai, hérm ék-é dena- 
sasa dzEs‘eqwaxs malp!enx'siés ‘wagidasé laxens q!waq !wax'ts!a- 
50 nafyéx. Wa, hé*miséxs qttxég-aés ts!aqmmsé. Wi, hé‘mis ék: k-asa- 
lasa ts!dlég’iis ts!aqEmseE, yixs ts!pxaés dEnasé LE‘wa k-asalasasa 
dzEs‘rq?. Wa, hémm gégiila lé*watya Le‘wa logwaand‘yaxa p!Atyéxa 
gayolé lax drnasasa dzrs‘eqwé. Wi, gilmésé gaydla dEnasé 
laxa wélkwe laé L!nta. Wii, hé‘mis lag‘itlas k'!és axsE‘wée. 
55 Wa, gilfmesé hélora sEnq !enoxwaxes sEnganEmaxs laé ts!a- 
qodEx tslageg” afyasés sEnganEmé yixs 4‘maé Ax‘édxa g’'flsg“ilt!a- 
dzowé sEnganEms. Wa, li balidxa yidux"p!mnk’é laxEns q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!ana‘yex, yix iwdsgemasasa sEnganEmaséxs laé dzox‘widEq 
2 k-Ox'widés ts !agég-atyas gwagwaaqga lax ok!waédza‘yas. Wai, li 
60 q!asox‘widama 6k Twaedone yas ga gwilég'a.'| Wa, hé‘mis x‘it !éda- 
masEx Odba‘yasa ts!agég‘afyaxs laé kOqwa. Wa, 4'mésa sEnq!é- 
noxweé gElx‘idpx war corstaereee la k-dgek" tslagég-éxs laé paweE- 
yodnq. Wi, g‘fl'mésé lawiixs laé ét!@d meEns‘idxa hé‘maxat! ¢was- 
1 That is, he folds it over inward, so that the outer bark breaks. 
