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70 where the other baskets are. Finally his wife || comes up, carrying 
the front-basket. She goes up the beach and | puts it down with 
the other baskets containing crabapples. Then she | eats a little 
food. After doing so, she asks her husband to | help her clean off 
the stems of the crabapples. | 
1 Picking Viburnum-Berries.—The|season for picking viburnum-berries 
is towards the end of summer, when it is nearly autumn.!...| As 
soon as the viburnum-berries are nearly ripe, when they are still green, | 
5 the woman gets ready to pick them. She takes her || three baskets, — 
the large swallowing basket, the medium-sized swallowing-basket, | 
and the small front-basket. These are the same as the baskets into 
which huckleberries and | salal-berries are picked. She carries the 
baskets on her back, | and goes down in the morning to the beach in 
front of her house, where her | small canoe is. She puts the basket 
10 aboard the canoe and || goes in. Then she takes her punting-pole 
of hemlock and | punts up the river of Knight Inlet, for that is the 
only place where viburnum-berries grow. | As soon as she reaches 
the place where viburnum-berries grow, she backs the stern | of the 
small canoe towards the shore, and she leaves the canoe. She | takes 
out the anchor-line and ties it to the end of astake. After doing so, || 
15 she takes her baskets, carries them on her back, and puts them | down 
to where she sees many viburnum-berries on the trees. She only | 
70 tek!iiprlaxa nanaagemaxs g’axaé lasdésrla. Wa, li hémmxat! la 
hingaséda wadkwé tsétsel'wats!é lanlxatya. Wi, la‘mé xan!mx-‘id 
Liexwa laxéq. Wa, gilfméseé gwalexs laé hélaxés la‘wtinrmé qa 
lis giwalaq qo kintalarex tsrltselx*meEts!exia‘yas. 
Picking Viburnum-Berries (T!rlsixa t!else)—Wi, héSmaaxs laé 
nlagq t!elt!elyenxa la gwabendxa héenxé, yixs laé éx’ala layEnxa. . .1 
Wa, gilfmése blaq L!obrxiédéda t!nlsaxs hé‘maé alés lenlenxsrmé, 
laas xwanal‘idéda tlelts!srelaLé ts!edaqa. Wa, lamm Ax‘édxés 
5 yudux"sEmé larlxa‘yaxa ‘walasé nig’é Le‘wa hélomagrmé. Wa, 
hé‘misés nanaagemé, yix k'!rlats!iséxa gwadEmé, LOxs nekwaaxa 
neklité héx'samés Jexelasé. Wa, li oximx“‘idxés lanlxa‘yaxa 
gaala; qa‘s li lents!és lixa L!pmatisasés g-dkwé lax hinédzasasés 
tleldzevelats!@Lé xwaxwagiima. Wi, li oxtEg‘aalexsasés lanlxatyé 
10 lagqéxs laé laxsa. Wa, li dax-‘idxés dzomég:ale q!waxasEna qa‘s 
ténox'widé lax wiis Dziwadé, qaxs léx‘at‘maé éx: q!waxatsa t!rlsé. 
Wai, gilfmésé lag‘aa lixa t!elsmedzexekilixs laé k !ax-rlsa 6xia- 
fyasés t!EldzeLelats!¢ xwaxwagiima, qa‘s li alta. Wa, la dag-t- 
lpxsax mogwanda‘yas, qa‘s mOx‘waliséx dbatyas. Wa gil'mésé gwa- 
15 texs laé ax‘édxés larlxa‘yé, qa‘s OxLEx“‘idéq, qa‘s li 6xLEg‘aElsas 
laxés la dogit q!éxnila t!els laxa t!nlsmmsé. Wi, léx:a’més Ax‘é- 
tsd*sés nanaagemé Ipxafya, qa‘s li ték!ibotséx laé LoxiElsaxa 
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