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is used to catch devil-fish when its hole is dry | at low tide. Now its 
35 name is “pole for pulling,” || and the name of the long pole is ‘‘imple- 
ment for pulling out at half tide | from the hole under water when the 
tide is not out far.” | There isno hook at the end of the long pole | 
for fishing devil-fish. | 
1 Spear for Sea-Eggs.—First there is taken by the man a thin | young 
hemlock-tree in the woods. When he finds one that is: clear of 
branches and long, | he cuts it down with a knife, so that it falls; 
and | when it falls, he measures off three and a half fathoms in length. || 
5 Then he cuts off the top. He cuts off the bark | and the sap. He 
tries to make it one and a half | finger-widths in thickness. After this 
has been done, | he takes thin yew-wood branches for prongs. He 
measures the prongs to be | two spans and four finger-widths in 
10 length. || These are to be at the end of the sea-egg spear. | He cuts off 
the ends so that they are sharp-pointed, and he also cuts off | the 
lower end so that it is flat. When this is done, he digs out | the 
roots of a spruce-tree and splits them in two. | Then he peels off the 
15 bark; and when this is done, he cuts || the butt-end of the spear- 
shaft until it is square. | Then he takes the prongs and lays the 
flat ends against | the square end of the spear-shaft, and he ties 
them on | with the split spruce-root, so that it is in 
this way: = 
35 Wi, hé‘mis Légades nanesamendzayowa g/iltagawatyé nédzaya 
laxa trewats!é t!ésemxs t!eprlaé; yixs k-!ésaé Swalasa x‘ats!a‘yé. 
Wi, lazm k leas gatbala, yixéda giltagawa‘yé nédzayaxa teq!wa. 
1 Spear for Sea-Eggs.—Wii, héem gil la Axsd’sa begwanrma wilé 
q!waq!waxadzem laxa aLlé. Wai, eflemese q axa ak étEla gilt!axs 
laé héx‘idarm  k'!imt!exddpq qa tlax‘idés. Wa, gtlfmésé 
tlax‘idexs laé balideq qa mamodp!enk‘ilisésa neq!sbodé laxEns 
5 barax. Was, li k!imtodex oxtityas. Wa, li k-laxdlax xex‘tina‘yas 
LE‘wes xodzég'afyé. Larm lalot!a qa mamaldmnx'salés laxEns 
q!waq!wax'ts!anatyex yix ‘wagidasas. Wi, gil’mésé gwatexs laé 
aixédxa wiswiilé Llemq!a qa ts!éx"bés. Wa, li ‘mens‘ideq qa 
himoddengaélés laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx lax maltp!enké Swas- 
10 gemasasa mots!aqé  ts!ets!e*x"ba‘yasa mamaseq!wayop !éqéLaxa 
meEséqwé. Wai, li k lak !ax"baq qaeéx'bés. Wi, laxaé k !ax*widex 
€oxLa‘yas qa pepEq!exiés. Wi, gil'mésé gwalrxs laé ‘lap lidx 
Liop!rk'asa aléwasé. Wi la pax’sEndeq qa malts!éséxs laé sa- 
q!wodEx xEx‘iina‘yas. Wi, gil*mésé gwalexs laé k !ax*widex oba- 
15 ‘yasa mamaseq!wayop!éqé yix LE‘x"ba‘yas qa k‘!nwilx‘tinés. Wa, 
li, &x°édxa ts!éts!ex"ba‘yé qa‘s pax‘aLElodalés pépEq!ExLa‘yas lax 
k lék !ewtilx"bafyasa mamaséq!wayoLé. Wii, li yilfatnlotsa pax’- 
saakwé Llop!ek liq. Wai, la ga gwilég’a (fig.). 
