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below; and when the | basket hanging on the front of her body is full, 
she pours the berries into the large basket; || and after she has picked 
off from the bushes, all the elderberries growing below | she takes the 
hook and pulls down the elderberries growing on the upper part of 
the | bushes, and she picks them off; and when the basket hanging 
in front of her body is full, | she pours the berries which she has 
picked into the large | basket for carrying elderberries. She con- 
tinues doing so with her hook, pulling down || the berries on the upper 
part of the bushes. After all the | baskets have been filled with 
elderberries, she ties down the top, for they are | all heaping full. 
After doing so, she carries one at a time | on her back, and she goes 
to and fro, carrying them down the river. | 
Picking Salal-Berries.— You know the | ways how baskets are made. 
They use a large small-meshed | basket for picking salal-berries. One 
basket is large, | and the next one is medium-sized, and the smallest 
kind of basket is carried in front of the body. || The name of the large 
basket of the woman is ‘‘swallowing-basket,”’ | and the next basket 
is called ‘“‘middle-one;”’ | and ‘“‘front-basket’’ is the name of the | 
smallest one. In the morning, when it is clear, the woman puts | her 
salal-berry picking baskets one into the other. She takes her belt | 
and puts it into the baskets, and she takes || goat-tallow and chews it. 
As soon as she has chewed it, she puts it | into the palm of her right 
masexa ts!éx‘inaxs laé gtiqdsasés ts!enanemé laxa ‘walasé Ipxa‘ya. 
Wa, g ilfmésé ‘wilg'ElexLowa banaaba‘yasa ts!éx'meEsaxa ts!@x‘inis, 
laé &x‘édxés gaLayowé qa‘s gaitaxelés laixa ék ala ts!énxLawésa 
ts!éx‘mmsé. Wa, hé‘mis la ts!énatsex. Wi, gilfemxaaiwise qot!é 
nanayagEmaséxs laé gtiqdsasés ts!éninemé laxa ‘wailasé ts!énets!és 
lmxatya. Wa, Ax"siitmésé hé gwégvilasés g-arayowé la garaxelas 
laxa ék'!ala ts!énxtawésa ts!éx'mesé. Wai, gilsmésé ‘naxwa la 
qoqit!é tslétslenats!is lanlxa‘tya, laé t!emak-nyindalaq qaxs ‘na- 
xwatmaé Liénlakemala. W<§, oilfmése gwala laé ‘nalSnemsg'E- 
memqaxs laé oxtalagéxs laé dxiatosrlaq laxa wa. 
Picking Salal-Berries (NeEkwixa nek!tlé).—W4§, lapmias ‘naxwa 
q!arelax gwég-ilasasa Ipxélixa Ipxatyé. Wa, la wilxsd t!olt!oxsemé 
lexeliisa nekwiixa nek!ile. Wi, hé‘miséxs ‘walasaéda ‘neEmsgEmé; 
wii, la héléda ‘nemsgemé; wii, hé‘misa ninaagemxa Amayaga‘yas 
lpxeliis. Wi hémm Légemsa ‘wiléga‘yasa lexeliisa ts!edigé nig’é. 
Wi, li hélomagemx1éda makiliq. Wi, la nanaagemxLéda 
imayagatyas. Wa, g‘il'mése ég‘idzilaxa gaalixs laé k!wak!tso- 
daléda ts!ndaqaxés negwats!éLé larlxatyé. Wai ax‘édxés wiiség-a- 
nowé, qa‘s g‘its!odés laxés lanlxa‘yé. WéA, li 4x‘édxa yasEkwasox 
‘mElxLOx qa‘s maléx*widéq. Wa, g:ilfmésé *witweElx'sExs laé ixdz0x"- 
ts!andes laxés hélk !ots!ana‘yé. Wa, dzak-ots laxés gemxoltsa- 
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