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Then he waits for it to be calm at low tide. When | it is calm, 
he launches his sea-slug-gathering canoe. | He takes his sea-slug- 
gathering paddle, and his knife for cutting off the heads | of sea- 
slugs, and also the stick for catching sea-slugs. Then he paddles | 
to a place where he knows there are many sea-slugs. He looks down 
into the water; and || when he sees a place where there are many 
of them together, he takes his stick for catching sea-slugs and | 
pushes it down into the water. He pushes the hook-end under the 
sea-slugs | and pulls them off the bottom, (putting the hooks under) 
the middle of the sea-slug. | Then it comes up lying crosswise over 
the two hooks at the end of the pole. He pulls up | the pole, and 
puts it down crosswise over his canoe. || He takes the sea-slug, takes 
his knife, | and cuts off the neck. Then he squeezes out the insides, | 
and he throws it down hard into his canoe, saying | as he is throwing 
it down,— | 
““Now you will be as stiff as the wedge of your grandfather.’’ || 
He does this to each of them, and says so as he throws the sea- 
slugs into his | canoe. When he has caught many of them, he goes 
home. | 
As soon as he arrives on the beach of his house, his wife takes | a 
basket and goes to meet him and to carry up what he has. She puts | 
her basket into the small canoe; and the woman takes || one of the 
Wa, la éskla qa k'!smaqeléséxa x‘ats!aésé. Wa, gilfmésé k-!r- 
maqelaxs laé wifx"stendxés arlyats!eLé xwaxwagtima. Wa, la 
ixédxés ablyax‘sayasé séSway& Lefwes t!ot!EsemyoLé k awayod 
laxa alasé. Wa, hé‘misés axklyayop!éqé. Wa, lai séxtwida qa‘s 
li laxés q!alé qlayatsa dlasé. Wa, li hanx‘ida. Wa, g-il'mésé 
dox*waLklaxa q!aédzasasa alasexs laé ax‘édxés arlyayop!éqé qa‘s 
L!engensé laxa demsx’é. Wi, larm benba‘yé gégatba‘yasés arlya- 
yopleqé. Wi, la garelisa lax negdyAtyasa Alasaxs g’axaé galo- 
taweltpwe laxa malé gégailbésa anlyayop!éqé. Wa, li nexdstod- 
xés aglyayop!éq qa kat !edés la ‘wax'sotiga‘yasés arlyaats!6 xwa- 
xwagitma qa gayalés. Wa, la dax‘idxa alasé qa‘s &x‘édéxés k:!a- 
wayo qa‘s t!ot!nts!exodaléq. Wa, la x ix-‘ideq qa lawayés yax-- 
yigilas. Wa, lii xtisalmxsas laxés xwaxwagtimé. Wa, li nég-p- 
tewexs laé xiisalexsas:— 
“Larms het tlaxataenéeve temgayas gagasa.’’ 
Wa, la q!watxopm ‘nek‘ixs laé xtis‘alexsasa alasé laxés xwa- 
xwagtmeée. Wa, gilsmésé q!eyoLexs laé nii‘nak® laxés g-Okwé. 
Wai, gilfmésé lig-alis lax L!ema‘isasés g’Okwaxs laé genEmas 4x‘éd- 
xa lpxafyé qa‘s la lalala; hé*mis, qa‘s linanagwala. Wa, la hing-aa- 
Inxsasés Ipxatyé laxa xwaxwagtimé. Wa, la dax‘idéda ts!mdaiqaxa 
‘npmé flasa qa‘s xIxidé ‘wasgemasas Ogwide‘yas laxés dalaéna- 
