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boiled currants are dry. When|| this is done, she takes the tongs, 
with which she searches for the stones | that are still in the bottom 
of the box. | She takes out the stones and puts them down by the 
side of the fire. When | all the stones have been taken out, she takes 
a small dish into which she puts the | powdered skunk-cabbage, and 
she empties it into the boiled || currants. When it is all in, she takes 
her tongs and | stirs it; and she only stops stirring when it is all | 
mixed. Now the boiled currants are thick. Whenshe has | done so, 
she takes the heated skunk-cabbage leaves and spreads them | on 
the drying-frame along the whole length. After || doing so, she takes 
the cedar-stick measures and lays them down on the drying frame, | 
in this way,'so that the four measures are at (1). | She takes the large 
shell and dips it into the boiled currants, | and she pours them out 
inside the measures at (1). Then she turns | the shell on its back 
and spreads (the currants). When they are spread all over, | 
she presses them so that they fill the corners of the mould and | so 
that they are pressed close together. After doing this, | she con- 
tinues doing so with the others, when she makes berry-cakes. When 
the | cakes have all been made to the end of the frame, she puts it 
just over the fire; | and after doing this, she takes another drying- 
frame, and || she does the same as she did to the first one when she 
‘mésé gwalexs laé &x‘édxa ts!ésLala qa‘s k'!ap!elés lixa t!ésE- 
maxs hé‘maé alés xegwés lax Oxtatyasa k‘!imyaxta. Wa, 
larm k-‘lipistalaq qa‘s k‘!ibrndliselés lixés Imgwilé. Wi, g‘il- 
‘mésé ‘wilostéda t!@semaxs laé Ax‘édxa Hilogtimé, yix ‘ixts!mwasasa 
q!welkwé tsewek® k-!rk'!adk!wa, qa‘s li k:!aqas laxa q!olkwé 
qiésena. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘witlaqaxs laé ax‘édxés ts!éstala qa‘s 
xwét!édés laq. Wa, alfmésé gwal xwétaqéxs laé Alak:!ala la 
lelga. Wa, la‘mé la genk-éda q!olkwé q!éséna. Wa, giil'mésé 
gwalexs laé ax‘édxa prenkwée k'!ek:!adk!wa qa‘s LebEdzodalés 
laxa k'litk'!edésé labendalax ‘wisgrmasas. Wi, g‘ilfmésé 
gwalaxs laé dax“‘idxa menyayowé k!waxiLawa qa‘s k‘atemg‘aaLE- 
lodé gra gwilég-asa' mdts!aqé k!wék!waxen menyayo lax (1). 
Wai, li ax‘édxa ‘walasé xalaés qa‘s tséqés laxa q!dlkwé q!éséna 
qa‘s li tsédzots lax ots!awasa meEnyayowé lax (1). Wa, nerala- 
masxa x@laésaxs laé gwéldzots laq. Wa, gilfmésé gwéldzddrexs 
laé Laqwaq, qa lalanéqwés lax Gwtnxa‘yasa mEnyayowé. Wai, 
hé‘mis qa gwalelés q!esmenx‘wida. Wa, g’il’mésé gwalexs laé 
drm hé gwenaktilaxa wadkwaxs laé Ieqaq. Wi, gilfmésé libendé 
leqa‘yasexs laé héx‘idarm Lastots lax neqostawasés Ingwilé. Wi, 
gilfmésé gwitexs laé é@t!éd ax‘édxa ‘nemxsa k‘litk'!edésa. Wa, 
Apmxaawisé nEqEMg iltEwexés gwégilasaxés gilx-dé legrdzotsr- 
1 See figure on p. 261. 
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