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21 in all the dishes, he takes many | spoons and distributes them among 
his guests. | They take up the spoons, and the host | takes up the 
dishes, and places one in front of each four | guests. As soon as they 
have all been put down, they eat with spoons ||the clean sea-eggs; 
and when they finish, they go out. | That is all about this. | 
Thave forgotten this. It is just the same as boiled sea-eggs | when 
they are put into cold water for one night so that they may | get 
30 stiff. Some Indians call it “to get hard.” || They are also afraid to 
drink water after eating sea-eggs | that have been in the river; for 
they really get heart-burn when they eat | this kind of food, and they 
drink water after it. Therefore they are afraid of | water. That is 
all about this. | 
Flat Sea-Eggs.—The means of obtaining | flat sea-eggs is also the 
same as that for obtaining large sea-eggs; but they do not | often 
spear flat sea-eggs, because it breaks them. Therefore | they use the 
scraping-net.1 . . . As soon as it gets calm at low tide, || (the man) 
immediately goes and launches his small sea-egg scraping- | canoe. 
He carries into the canoe the sea-egg-scraping paddle | and the bailer 
and his seraping-net. Then he goes aboard his | canoe, and he 
paddles to where he knows that there are | many flat sea-eggs. The 
10 flat sea-eggs are where there is sandy and level bottom and no || eel- 
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21 kak'nts!pnaqa qa‘s li ts!ewanaésas ]axés Lé‘lanemé. Wa, lax-da- 
‘xwe ‘witla ax‘édéda k!wélaxés kak-nts!mnaqé. Wa, lida 1é‘la- 
nEmé &x‘édxa lonlq!wé qa‘s li k-ax'dzamodlilas lixa maémokwé 
laxa k!wéle. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘wilg:alitexs laé héx-‘idamm ‘yds‘idéda 
25 k!wélaxa Elg'ikwé meséqwa. Wii, gil‘mésé gwalexs laé hdqtiwelsa. 
Wa, lazrm gwat laxéq. : 
Héxoéren i!nléwésoxs ‘nemax'is'maé LE‘wa hinx'Laakwé mEséqwa, 
yixa mEséqwaxs laé xama‘stalaé lixa ‘wiida‘sta ‘wapa, yixs laé 
Liax‘ida. Waxida wadkwé bak!tima, wi, li ‘néx‘qéxs L!ax‘edaé. 
30 Wa, lanmxaé k‘iltela nax‘édxa ‘wapaxs laé gwal memséx"giixa 
‘wasgemala mEséqwa qaxs flak: !alaé newéq!tiprlamasxa hi‘mapax 
gwex'sdemaséxs laé nagék‘ilaxa ‘wapé. Wa, hé'mis lag-ita k-flemasa 
‘wapé. Wa, lanm gwal laxéq. 
Flat Sea-Eggs (Xelosiixa Smdema).—Wi, hérmxat! Aemt!a- 
yoséxa fimdEmés mamaseq!wayowaxa meEséqwé. Wai, la k:!és 
q!tmala sekas laxa Smdema qaxs q!wélamasaaqg. Lag-itas hé 
ixplaséda xplodzayowé.1. . . Wa, gil'mésé k:!imax‘idxa x‘ats !aé- 
saxs laé héx*‘idanm la witx"stendxés xrlodzats!éraxa mdrma 
xwaxwagtima. Wai, lamm diaxsrlaxés xelotsafyasé sé*wayowa 
LE‘wis tsilayuwe. Wa, hé*mista xklodzayds. Wai, la laxs lixa 
xElodzats!as xwaxwagtima. Wa, li séx‘wida qa‘s la laxés q!alé 
q!éq!adxa &4mdrma. Wa, hé*misa éx'sth'wésé ‘nemaésaxa k°!eisé 
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1 Continued on p. 163, line 1, to p. 166, line 75. 
