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264 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN. 35 
Salal-Berries.'—She takes a large dish and puts it down by the | 
side of her salal-berry baskets. She unties | the tops of the salal- 
berry baskets; and when | this is done, she pulls out the hemlock- 
branches which cover the top. || Then she takes a medium-sized mat 
and spreads it outside of where she sits, where | she is going to pluck 
the salal-berries off the stems. She tales hold of a salal-berry branch | 
and plucks off the berries from the stems, and she goes on and puts | 
the cleaned berries into the dish, and she throws the branches | on 
the mat that has been spread out. She cleans them very quickly; 
10: after all the berries have been cleaned which she put into the 
dish, | and after the branches have been put on the mat that has 
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been spread out, | she folds up the mat holding the branches, | and 
she goes out and shakes them out outside of the house. Then she 
goes back into | the house. She takes her front-basket, goes down 
to the || beach in front of her house, and picks up fresh stones, which. | 
she puts into her small basket, enough so that she can | carry them. 
Then she carries the basket on her back into the house, | and she puts 
it down by the side of the fire. Then | the stones are poured out by 
the side of the fire. Then she goes down again, carrying her front- 
basket, || and puts more stones into it; and when | she has enough, 
she carries them on her back into the house, and | puts them on top 
Salal-Berries.—Wii, lii ax‘édxa ‘walase loq!wa qa‘s gaxé k‘an6- 
lilas lax hix'hinélasasés nénegwats!é lazlxatya. Wa, la qwéte- 
yindex t!ét!emuak-Eyatyasés nénEgwats!é larlxatya. Wai, g-ilfméseé 
gwalexs laé tektimwalax t!ak-kya‘yasés nénEgwats!é q!waxa. Wa, 
li axtedxa héla téwatya qa‘s LEptalilég lax L!asalilasés k!waélastaxs 
lane kimt!édetxa nek!tlé. Wa, li dax-‘idxa Ee laxa 
nek!ilé ga‘s k!tlpaléxa nek!tlé laxés yisx‘Ené, qa‘s li k !ats!dtsa 
kimdrkwé nek!tl laxa loq!we. Wai, li ts!ngmdzddalasa y oan 
laxa Lebéele tefwatya. Wa, la halabalaxs laé k‘imtogq. Wa, gil 
‘mésé ‘witla kimdrkwa nek!ilé la k lats!xa kimdrewats!é loq! !wa. 
Wa, laxaé ‘witladzA‘ya yisx'Ené laxa kimdrdzowé Tabet lé*watya 
Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlaxs laé q!enépelilaxés kimdedzowé lé*watya 
qa‘s li laaqewelsaq lax Liasanatyasés g’Okwe. Wa, li édér laér 
laxés gdkwé qa‘s ax‘edéxés Sameera qa‘s li Ipnts!és lixa 
Liema‘isasés gokwe. Wii, li xex"Swidxa alexsemé t!ésema qa‘s 
li xex"tslalas laxés nanaagemé. Wai, A‘misé gwaniala qa‘s 
fakwéséxs gixaé Oxtosdésrlaq qa‘s li OxLaéLElaq laxés g-okwe. 
Wa, li oxtrgvalitas lax ondlisasés Ingwilé. Wa, lazem gtigEndlisas 
laxés Ipgwiléxa t!ésemé. Wa, laxaé @tents!ésa k-!dqitlaxés nana- 
ogpmé qa‘s liixat! ét!éd xex"ts!alasa t!ésemé lag. Wii, g:ilfmésé 
hélats !axs laé OxLdsdésa qa‘s lixat! OxLaéLElaq laxés g-dkwé qa‘s 
1 This follows the Retention of the gathering of salal berries, p. 207, line 53. 
