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large basket. When the basket is full, she pours it | into her canoe, 
and she spreads a mat over the || short boards in the canoe. As soon 
as the canoe is full of seaweed, | she goes home. | 
Digging Clover.—Now she is ready when the | season for digging 
clover arrives; that is, when the leaves of the clover | are killed by 
the frost, and winter is coming. | 
As soon as there is frost at night, the woman || gets ready in the 
morning. She takes her clover digging-stick | and her flat-bottomed 
basket, her back-protector, | and her cedar-bark belt, and she walks 
down to the | clover-garden. There she puts down her tools in the 
direction towards | sunrise, so that the sun is at her back when it 
rises, and || it does not shine into her eyes, so that she can see dis- 
tinctly the | clover which she is digging, for generally the women 
pick up | other kinds of roots when they are digging clover. When 
she | has put down her tools, she takes her mat and spreads it over 
her | back so that the lower end is a little above the || heels. Then 
she takes the cedar-bark belt | and puts it around her waist, and she 
puts the cedar-bark | rope over it; that is to say, the end of the belt. 
She ties on | the end. Then she takes her flat-bottomed basket and 
puts it down | in front in the direction where she is going to dig. 
Finally she takes || her digging-stick and sits down on the back- 
la’xés ya’yats!ixs la’é Lebn’xsa lé*watyé lax o’kttya‘yasa pa’xsé 
ts!a’ts!lax'sema. Wai, gi’l‘mésé qo’t!eda ya’yatsliiséxa taq!Estr’- 
naxs la’é na’‘nakwa. 
Digging Clover.—Wi, la‘mé gwalala qo lag‘aal laxa ts!ots!n- 
yinxaxa LEX’seEmé yixs laé xtils‘idé mamiimasa LEx’sEmaxs laé 
oiwésétsd‘sa oiwésixa la ts!iwenés‘ida. 
Wii, gil'mésé giwésaxa ganoLtaxs laé héx-‘ida‘méda ts!Edaqé 
xwanalidxa gaila. Wa, lazm &x‘édxés ts!oyayoLaxa LEXx‘sEmé 
LE‘wis LEq!exsdé lexafya LE‘wis Lebég‘atye téowafya. WaA, 
hé‘misés dEnédzoweé wtség-andé. Wi, li qas‘id qa‘s la laxés 
LEg’Edzowé. Wai, het!a ax‘alisasés GaxElayoLa gityinxélise lax 
nélasasa Llésrla qa‘s Oxtalaliséxa L!ésplixs g’axaé neéléda qa‘s 
k lésée Llanléts!élexstalii laqéxs g'axaé nel‘éda qa‘s q!ilp!altaléxa 
LEx'spmaxs laé ts!dsaq qaxs q!tinalae dadakinéda ts!édaqaxa 
dgiiq!émasé L!op!ekexs ts!Osaaxa LEx’sEmé. W4, gilfmésé Ax‘a- 
lisaxés @axElayotaxs laé ax‘édxés léfwatyé qa‘s Lebég’indés laxés 
Awig'afyé. Wi, afmisé gwanala aék !alagawa‘tyés benba‘yasa 
létwafyasés OxLax'sédza‘yaxs laé &x‘édxa denédzowé wiiségano 
qa‘s qekiyindés laq laxés qenasé. Wa, li qekiyintsa wile melk" 
denskn dgnkm dObésa wiiség'anowe Jaq qa‘s modx‘warxrlodés 
Obatyas. Wa, li Ax‘édxés Leq!exsdé lpxé qa‘s hang-alisés laxés 
nEqEmalisé laxés gitydlelasLé qo ts!ds‘idLo. Wa, lawésLé ix‘ed- 
xés tsloyayowé qa‘s k!wadzdliséxés Lebég'atyé 1éowatya. Wa, 
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