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and she does everything || as she did before when she went to pick 
salal-berries, as I first described; | and she also does as I said before, 
when she picks the salal-berries off the branches, | and she puts 
them into the same dishes; and when they have all been cleaned, | 
she takes the mortar-box for the salal-berries, and she puts it down 
on the floor | where she is going to work; and she also takes her 
husband’s stone hammer and places it || on the edge or by the side 
of the mortar-box. Then she takes the | dish containing the cleaned 
salal-berries and puts it down next to the mortar-box; | and she puts 
in both hands and takes out the | cleaned salal-berries and places 
them in the mortar-box. When | they are two finger-widths deep 
in the || bottom of the mortar-box, she takes her | stone hammer 
and pounds them until they burst, and she continues | pounding 
them until she sees that they have all burst. Then she takes the 
large dish and pours the pounded salal-berries into it. After | pour- 
ing all out, she takes some more of the cleaned salal-berries, 
puts them into the mortar-dish, and when they are | two finger- 
widths deep in the | mortar-box, she takes her stone hammer and 
pounds them. | She pounds them for a long time; and when she sees 
that they have all burst, she puts the hammer down on the floor | 
and pours the pounded salal-berries into the dish. | She continues 
lés gwegilasaxs galéx'dé nekwaxen g‘ilx'dé gwagwex's‘alasa. Wii, 
laxaé hérm gwegiilagés gwégiilasaxs laé k!tlpalaxa neklilé. Wa, 
laxaé hérm k-lats!dlaséda lorlq!we. Wii, gil'mésé ‘witlala k-imdn- 
kwaxs laé ix‘édxa Img‘ats!ixa nek!ilé qa‘s g-axé hing-alitas laxés 
éaxelasié. Wa, laxaé ix‘édex prlpelqasés tafwtinemé qa‘s g axé 
mekwiigelilas laxés Img-ats!axa nek!ale. Wa, li ax‘édxa kimdnr- 
gwatslixa nek!tlé loq!wa qa‘s g'axé k-anodzents laxa Ing-ats!ixa 
nek!ilée. Wa, li goxSwitsés wax'solts!anatyé efeyaso laxa k‘imdE- 
kwé nektitla qa‘s li goxts!alas laxa Ing-ats!ixa nek!ilé. Wa, g-il- 
‘mésé malden laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx yix wAagwasasa k-imdr- 
kwe nek!il lax Ots!awasa Ilpgats!axa nek!itaxs laé dax-‘idxa 
pElpelqé qa‘s lmsplgendés laq qa ‘witlés ktx‘ida. Wa, li geéeilit 
leselgéq. Wi, gil'mese doqitilaq larm ‘witla ktik-axs, laé &x‘@dxa 
ewalasé loq!wa qa‘s la qepdsasa la ledzek" nek!il lag. Wa, gil- 
‘mésé ‘wilfsexs laé ét!ed gox‘wid laxa kimdekwé nek!tta qa‘s 
lexat! goxts!ots laxa Inmg'ats!iixa nek!ile. Wi, gtlfemxaawisé 
malden laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx yix wagwasas lax dts!Awasa 
Ingats!iixa nek!tlaxs laé dax‘idxa prlprlqé qa‘s lmselga‘yés laq. 
Wii, laxaé gég-ililexs Imselgatyaaq. Wa, gil'emxaawise doqilaq 
lanm ‘witla ktktix"sexs laé gég-alilasés Iedzayowe prlpglqaxs laé 
qEpaisasa la ledzek" nek!it laxa ledzegwats!é nek!il loq!wa. 
Wa, Aax"sitmésé la hé gwegilaxa wadkwe k‘imdek® nek!tla. Wa, 
