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7 tied to its end, | in this manner: The tying 
is made of split | spruce-root. The im- 
plement for prying off mussels is made of a broken | paddle in 
10 this way: It is four spans long, || and the flat end 
is four fingers wide. | The handle is round. | 
That is all about it. | 
The woman carries her paddle as she goes aboard her small fishing- | 
15 canoe, and she first goes to search for sea-eggs, for || these are the bait 
for the fish-trap. As soon as she finds the sea-eggs, she spears them | 
with the harpoon; and when she has enough for baiting the fish- 
trap, | she breaks the sea-eggs and puts them into the fish-trap; and | 
when there are no sea-eggs, she pries off mussels with the prying- 
20 stick; | and when she has enough bait for the fish-trap, || she breaks 
them to pieces and puts them into the trap. Then she looks | for a 
place where eel-grass is growing under water. She selects a place 
about two | fathoms deep. Then she | takes her fish-trap and puts 
it overboard, so that it is placed on the bottom among the eel-grass, | 
25 so that the kelp-fish do not see distinctly that it is a fish-trap. || Eyi- 
dently the kelp-fish smell the bait imside and go in. | After the fish- 
trap has been under water for some time, she hauls | it up and takes 
the fish out. There may be six | or eight fish in it. When she has 
7 ts!a’x'Ensa oa gwiléeva (fig.). Wi, la yeLemno’x"sa dzedrekwe’ i!6/- 
plek'sa le’wasé. Wi la’Léda xd'layixa x06/lé k-d’q!ewésox 
sé/wayix ga gwiléora (fig.). Wi, la mop!enk-é ‘wa’sgemasas la’xEns 
10 q!wa’q!wax'ts!anafyex. Wi, li mo’den 1a’xens q!wa’q!wax'ts!a- 
na‘yéx yix ‘wa’dzobaasas tsé’gwayoba‘yas. Wai, la’Lé 1é’x*nen 
d’/xtafyas. Wa, lan’m gwa’lek. 
Wai, lé’da ts!mda’gé da’laxés sé’wayixs la’é laxs lixés Legats!@Lé 
xwa/xwactima, lé hé gil la ali’se‘wé mesé@’qwa, qaxs hé’*maé 
15 télts!dsa LEgE’mé. Wai, ot’lf'mésé q!a’xa meEsé’qwaxs la’é spx“‘i’tsa 
sa’Ents!d lag. Wa, g‘ilfmésé hé’tala lax té’Its!4wasa Lege’/maxs la’é 
ts0'tsox’sEndxa mEsé@’qwé qa‘s mo’ts!odés laxa LEgE’mé. Wa, gi’l- 
emésé k!ed’s musé’qwa la’é hé tsé’x*widaasa x06/lé yisé’s x6/la- 
yowe. Wa, gi’lSemxaa’wisé hé’tala lax telts!a’wasa Lege’maxs la’é 
20 tEtEpsE/ndEq qa‘s li mo’ts!odEs la’xa LegE’mée. Wai, le a’lex-‘idex 
ts!a’ts!ek!wixa ts!a’tslayimé. Wa, hé’mis qa matp!p’/nk-és la’- 
xEns ba’ Liiqé ‘walenselasa’sa ‘wa’pé. Wi, hé’x*fida‘mésa ts!mda’qé 
da’x‘idxés LEgE/mé qa‘s ts!mnx"stE/ndés qa hana’qéséxa ts!ats!a- 
yi’mé qa klé’sés q!tlplalta’léda pExitaqéxs Legema’é. Wii, 1a’- 
25 xEntéda pEx’i’té mé’sElax télts!a’was, la’grila lats !i’laq. Wa, gi’ 
smésé gagii’‘la g-Byl’nsEléda Lege’mé 1a’xa ‘wa’paxs 1a’é dm’/nx-‘i- 
ts‘wa qa‘s k!tlsitse‘waéda pexi’té. Wa, lan’m q!é’tslixs q!er!a’é 
Loxs malgiinala’é. Wa, gi’lmésé la hél*o’Leda Leqa’sa LEgE’maxs 
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