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and | put into the spawning-place. It is also anchored there; | and 22 
when the herring finish spawning, after four days, | the kelp with 
the spawn on it is taken out of the water; and || the hair of the kelp 25 
is pulled off from its stem and is hung on the poles | on the point 
where the wind blows hard, and the | woman always turns it over; 
and she does not do so a long time, | before it gets dry; and when it 
is quite dry, | the stems of kelp are counted into lots of ten, which 
are laid flat || one on another, and are tied in the middle with 30 
cedar bark, this way: 
and | a cover is put = 
in a dry place | in the 
winter. That is all about cee | 
Preserving Roots.—See p. 188. 
Elderberries.—After! all (the berries) have been carried down- 
stream, (the woman) spreads a | mat at a place not too near the fire. 
She unties | the cords of her elderberry-basket, and pours the berries | 
on the mat that has been spread down. She sits down by the side 
of it, and puts the || empty baskets down on her left-hand side. Then 
she takes up one bunch of | elderberries at a time and strips off the 
elderberries into the cleaning-basket. | As soon as they are all off, 
she throws away the stem and | takes up another bunch of elderberries 
and strips the berries | into the basket in which she had carried the 
Then they are put into a box, 
on tight. Then it is put away 
= house: This is to be eaten in 
lé’xat! AxaLayo’dayo la’xa wa’yadé. Wiis, lak’mxaé 4’Em q!n’Isala. 
Wa, gi’l‘mésé gwal wa’séda wa’na‘yaxa la mod’p!enxwa‘s ‘na’lixs 
la’é ix‘tista’nowéda En‘EndExLé’la q!ax'q!sli’sa. Wa, la k!tilpa’la- 
yEwa iwi’dzo sE‘fya’sa q!a’x'q!nlisé qa‘s la té’x‘tinda’layd 1a’xa 2 
dzo’xtimé Ja’xa Awi'tba‘yé lax lak!wé’madzasasa ya’la. Wai, lé’da 
ts!mda’qé hé’meEnatarm 1é’x'léx'aq. Wa, k’!é’st!a gé’xid hé gwée’- 
gilaqéxs la’é lemx‘wi’da. Wa, gi/l'mésé a’lak:!ala la lemx‘wi’dé 
la’é ho’s‘itse‘wa ‘nak’nqaxsa q!a’x-q!plisé. Wi, la papnqa’laxs la’é 
yiLoyo’tsisa drna’sé (fig.). Wa, la gé’tsloyo 1la’xa xxEtsr/mé. 
Wai, la anmxa’sE‘wé yiktiya‘tya’séxs la’é g°é’xayo la’é lem‘wi'lé la’xa 
g0’kwe. Wa, lar’m ha‘mi’txa ts!Awii/nxé. Wa, lan’m gwal la’xéq. 
Preserving Roots.—See p. 188. 
Elderberries.—Wi,' gil‘mésé ‘wi‘latdsamasqéxs laé Lep !alilasa 
le‘watyé laxa k'!ésé nexwala laxés Ingwilé. Wa, la qwétryindex 
tlemakfya‘yasés ts!énats!@ Ipxatya. Wii, la qebedzdtsa ts!éx‘ina 
laxa Lebéle té*watya. Wii, lii k!inxelitaq yixs laé ha‘néta ‘nemsgemé 
lopts!a lexd lax gemxagawalitas. Wa, la‘més dax‘‘idxa arisen te 
ts!éxina qa‘s xix'ts!alisa ts!éx-ina laxa lexa‘yé x‘ig‘ats!éq. Wii, 
gil‘mésé ‘wilg‘ifextoxs laé ts!ex‘édex ts!émanis. Wa, laxaé ét!éd 
ix‘édxa ‘neEmxLala ts!éx‘iIna. Wai, laxaé xix‘ts!Alasa ts!@x‘Ina 
laxés xix'tslalasaqés xigikwagiits!a ts!énats!@ Imxafya. Wa, 
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