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70 in length, cuts off || the bark and the sap; and when it is all off, he 
cuts | off the thick end so that it is flat, and he puts t on the end of 
his scraping-net | for flat sea-eggs to serve as a net- 
handle, for thus is called what they tie to the end of it ;| 
and he takes a split spruce-root and ties the | scrap- 
ing-net for small, flat sea-eg¢s to the end of the net- 
75 handle. After he has || done so, it is in this way: | = 
1 Staging for drying Roots.—After they have eaten, | they go out of 
the house. Immediately (the man) goes into the woods, | carrying 
his ax, and he cuts down four | good-sized long, straight cedar-trees 
5 that have no branches. He measures off || three fathoms and cuts 
them off. | The four sticks are each three fathoms in length. | Then 
he measures off one fathom and | cuts them off, and he chops off 
eight of the same length. | As soon as all these have been cut off one 
10 fathom in length, || he sharpens one end. When | all the ends are 
sharp, he carries them on his shoulders and | carries them into his 
house, and he throws them down where he is going to put them up 
for | astagimg. When they are all im the house, he takes one | of the 
sharpened sticks and drives it into the ground close to the inner || 
15 back-rest in the corner of the right-hand side of the house; and when 
it is | two spans in the ground, he | takes another one of the sharp- 
70 xE°x"w'tinafyas LO® xddzégatyas. Wa, gilfmése ‘witlaxs laé k‘!ax- 
‘widEx LE‘x"ba‘yas qa pépEgEnésés. Wai, li ixbrentsa xElodzayo- 
waxa imdgEma laxa xeEldsp!éqé qaxs hé‘maé Légemsa lal yitbayaats. 
Wi, li ix‘édxa dzedekwé t!op!ek'sa Sléwasé qa‘s yilarelodésa 
xElodzayowaxa imdgma lax dba‘fyasa xelosp!éqé. Wa, gil'mésé 
75 gwalexs laé ga gwiilég'a (fig.). 
1 Staging for drying Roots.— Wii, gil'mésé gwal L!exwaxs laé 
hoqtiwnlsa qa‘s li laxés gokwé. Wa, héx‘idatmésé la laxa anlé 
dak !dtHlaxés sdbayowe qa‘s li sdp!mxddxa mots!aqé gilseiltla 
hafyakagit ¢kétela narnkrla dzesEkwa. Wa, li bal‘ideq qa 
5 yaeyodux"p!enkés laxens baLiqé iwisgemasaséxs laé sOpsendEq. 
Wa, la‘mé ‘nemax'é iwisgemasasa mots!aqé lax yiidux"%p!mnké 
laxens barax. Wai, li étléd bal‘idxa ‘nemp!enk‘é laxEns baviixs 
laé sdpsendrq. Wa, li malgtinalts!aqa sdpatyas héx'si SwasgEmé. 
Wai, gil'mésé ¢witwelx’s‘éda ‘nalinemp!enk'as Awasgemasé laxEns 
10 batixs laé dzodzox"bendEx épsbatyas qa eéx'bés. Wai, g-il'mésé 
‘witla la dzodzox"baaktixs laé yilktilsaq qa‘s li yilx‘wtit!alaq qa‘s 
li yilgwételaq laxés g’Okwaxs laé yilx‘walilaq laxés ax‘alilastasa 
klagiiné. Wa, gil'mésé ‘witlaétaqéxs laé ax‘édxa ‘nemts!aqé 
laxa dzodzox"baakwe qa‘s déx‘walilés laxa mag‘idzityasa tsaq!ex- 
15 rafyé lax onégwilasa hélk !otéwalilasa g’okwe. Wa, gilfmésé 
matp!enk’é ‘walabrtalilasas laixens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yaxs laé 
Axfédxa ‘nemts!aqé dzddzox"baakwa qa‘s_ déx‘walilés  laxa 
