Boas] HUNTING, FISHING, AND FOOD-GATHERING IPE 
against the bow of the hunting-canoe as it || is diving down. When 50 
the seal is going to a patch of kelp or | seaweed, then the hunter takes 
his harpoon-shaft and pushes it | at the side of the seal’s head as it is 
diving along swimming under | the water. Then it turns and leaves | 
the seaweed; for the seal, when it is harpooned, || searches first for 55 
seaweed or a kelp-patch, and wriggles through it. | Then it often hap- 
pens that the harpoon-line breaks or that the seal pulls out | the 
harpoon-points. Therefore an expert hunter | hauls in his harpoon- 
line as soon as he hits the seal, to watch that it | does not go to a kelp- 
patch. || 
If the hunter is inexperienced and spears a seal, he lets | the line 60 
run out when the seal is swimming; and when | the line has run out 
entirely, then (the seal) hauls the hunting-canoe, and | the hunter is 
surprised to find his line twisted in the kelp as the seal | goes to and 
fro in it; and then it comes off, || and the hunter has difficulty in 65 
pulling back his line and clearing it | from the kelp. | 
An expert hunter just steers the seal with his harpoon | to make it 
go seaward. When | it comes up, as its breath is at an end, he takes 
the harpoon, || he puts the prongs close to the harpoon-line and the | 70 
barbed points, and pushes it down. It does not take long before the 
max“ida. WA, gilfmése lalaéda mégwaté laxa wadolk ala Le‘wa 50 
q!ax’q!nlésaxs laé ax‘edéda &léwinoxwaxés miistowé qa‘s L!Enx‘- 
édés lax OndLEmafyasa meégwaté lax t!epsemalaéna‘yaséxa 
‘wapaxs ma‘nakiilaé. Wi, héx‘ida‘mésé melg‘ttatya qa‘s bewésa 
wadolk-ala qaxs hé‘mae gil aliso‘sa mégwataxs g‘alae sEx“‘i- 
tsE'wa q!ax’q!elisé Le‘wa wadolk-ala qa‘s li xihxcilk!tt!eqaq, 55 
Wii, hé‘mis q!inala ilédaatsa q!elkwé LOxs 4*maé k’!eqowa LéLE- 
gikwé lixa mégwaté. Hérm lagilasa ég‘ilwaté aléwinox" héx’'- 
idaEm néx‘édxés q!Elkwaxs galaé sex“ida qaxs q!aq!alalaaq qa 
k !ésés 1a laxa wadolk-Ala. 
Wax é yigilwata Aléwinoxwaxs sEx‘‘idaaxa mégwaté, li dem 60 
ts!engwég’éxés q!elkwaxs laé max‘‘ida. Wai, gil*mése ‘witlasté 
q!elkwaséxs laé sep!edéda &léwats!és xwaxwagtima. Wi, A‘mésé 
q!ayaxaxs laé ximsgematyés q!Elkwe laxa q!axq!Elise qaxs 
héx“ida‘mae ts!ats!lxsilax‘idéda mégwaté lagéxs laé lawi. 
Wa, la taxumaléda &léwinoxwaxs laé néxsawi‘lilaxés q!elkweé 65 
laxa q!ax'q!xlisé. 
Waxéda égilwaté aléwinoxwa A‘mésé nanaqasilasés miistowé 
laxa mégwaté qa lis maxt!ano laxa Llasakwe. Wa, gil'mésé 
q!o‘nakiilaxs laé laba‘naktilé hasa‘yaséxs laé &x‘édxés mistowé 
qa’s qexendés dzédzégiimas laxés q!elkwé lax mag‘aana‘yé laxa 79 
LéLeg ikwaxs laé q!odEnsaq. Wi, k'!ést!a gilaxs laé ‘wibaliseméda 
75052—21—35 ETH—PT 1 12 
