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finds (yew trees), he chops down one that is two | spans in diameter. 
When the tree falls, he measures off || two spans and chops it off with 5 
his | ax. After he has done so, he splits it through the heart. | He 
takes the side-without branches | and chops off all the heart-wood so 
that it comes off and so that | it is flat. After he has done this, he 
chops the other side so || that it is two spans thick, and | he chops it 
well until it is smooth and of the same thickness. After | doing so, he 
measures one short span ie and | chops it 
so that it is in this way: 2 § and he chops 
the top | so that it has a crosspiece on it. After finishing one edge, || 
he does the same with the other edge. Now the end, | beginning 
at the bottom (1) issquare. ‘This is the digging-point, which extends 
to (2), | the middle handle, and towards (3), the crosspiece on top, 
After doing so, | he carries it in his hands as he goes home. He puts 
it down and | takes a piece of fire-wood, on which he adzes it. He 
takes his adz || and takes hold of the spade for lily-bulbs. With his | 
left hand he holds it by the point, and he places the crosspiece (3) | on 
the fire-wood. In his right hand he takes the adz, and | he first 
adzes down at the middle handle (2), which he makes round. | When 
it is round, he turns the end so that the point (1) || stands on the 
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yowé lag. Wa, gil‘mésé lax’srxs laé naq!eqax ddmaqaséxs laé 
ktixsendeq. Wa, la‘més hé &x‘étso‘sé wilkmasés 6k!waédza‘yé. 
Wi, li aék'!a sdpailax dodmaqas qa lawiyés. Wi, hé‘mis qa 
‘nemadzowés. Wa, gil‘mésé gwala laé sop!édex &psadzE‘yas qa 
maldmnés laxens q!waq!wax’ ts!ana‘ yaqé wigwasas. Wai, laxaé 
aték'!la sdpaq qa ‘nEmadzowés wigwasas. Wi, gil'mésé gwalexs 
laé bal‘idxa ts!ex"tslanatyé laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anafyaxs laé 
sop!édrq qag’és gwiilé g'a (fig.). Wa, laxaé sobrtendxa O6xté‘yas 
qa géxteweras. Wi, gtl*mésé gwala Apsotenxa‘yaxs laé hérmxat! 
gwex: §dxa fpsEenxa‘yas. Wa, mise la k:!twelx‘tina OxLa‘yas 
giigitela lax OxLa‘yas (1) xa tségwayoba‘yé hégvustila laxa (2) 
dandzoyEwé lag‘aavela laxa (3) géxtityé. Wii, gilfmésé ewalexs 
laé dak: !oteliqexs laé ni‘nak® laxés g-dkwé. Wa, li Ax‘alitaq qafs 
ix*édéxa Imqwa qa‘s k:!imldemaq. Wi, laxaé ix‘édxés k:!fmria- 
yowé qa‘s dax“‘idéxa ts!éyayoLaxa x*dktimé qa‘s dalésés gEmxOl- 
ts!anafyé lax (1) tségwayoba‘yas. W4a, li Lak‘lents (3) gextitye 
laxa Ieqwa. Wa, li dalasés hétk !olts!ana‘yé laxa k: !imLayowaxs 
laé hé gil k-limlitsd‘sé (2) daadzoyEwé qa léxenx‘idés. Way 
gilfmésé léx‘enx“‘idexs laé xwélideq qa hés la tenqilas (1) 
tségwayoba‘yas laxa leqwa. Wi, li k!imbideq qa prlbés yo gwi- 
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