496 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 35 
with the clam-shell. | They cut along the edge, for the sea-eggs are 
35 flat. | After they have cut around it, they take off || one half, and 
throw away the side of the sea-egg with the mouth, | for the edible 
part is on its back; and as soon as the one half comes off, | they throw 
it away. The other one they turn upside down in the salt water, | so 
that the entrails come out, and they eat the edible part; | and they 
40 do the same to all the others. When || one of them gets a milky sea- 
egg, he gives it to one who | gathers them. After they have eaten, 
they go up the beach and | go into their houses. There they take 
water and | rinse their mouths; and after doing so, they drink a little 
45 water. | That is all about this. But the woman does the same || with 
the milky flat sea-eggs as she did with the | milky large sea-eggs when 
she roasted them by the side of the fire. | That is all about this. | 
Picking Flat Sea-Eggs off the Rock at Low Water.—When | there 
50 is spring-tide at full moon, (the man) launches his || sea-egg-picking 
canoe, takes two | large baskets and his paddle, and he | paddles to a 
place where the swell made by the southeast wind in winter does not 
reach. | That is the time for getting flat sea-eggs. That is the | place 
55 to gather them. When he reaches there, he takes his basket and || gets 
out of his sea-egg-picking canoe; and when he finds | many (sea-eggs) , 
33 ‘yax iwe‘stiisa imdema. Wai, larm tsik-as0‘séda Swtinxa‘yas pExsE- 
ménafyasa imdema. Wa, gilfmésé !i‘sté tsak-atyaséxs laé Axddxa 
35 &psodilé qa‘s ts!mx‘edéq, yix &xalaasas semsasa imdpma, qaxs hié 
kltitalaatsa himts!iwa iwégatyas. Wa, gil'mése lawiyéda Apsddi- 
taxs laé ts!mx‘ideq. Wa, &‘mésé qep!aLayodrq laxa demsx’é ‘wapa. 
Wai, hé'mis la ‘wilfAwats yax‘yig‘ila. Wa, li himx-idex himts!4- 
was. Wai, 4*mésé la ‘naxwarm hé gweg ilé wadkwa. Wé, gil‘mésé 
40 lata ‘nemdkwaxa dzédaqé Smdemaxs laé ts!as laxa ‘nemdkwé 
q!ap!é‘naktilaq. Wa, li gwal tsak‘axs laé hox‘wxsdésa qa‘s li 
hogwexelée lixés gig‘okwé. Wa, hé‘mis la ix‘édaatséxa ‘wapé qa‘s 
ts!ewéL!nxodé. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs laé nax‘idxa hdlalé ‘wapa. 
Wa, lazem gwal laxéq. Wa, lana em naqemgitatye gwég'ilasasa 
45 ts!edaqaxés gwégilasaxa dzédaqe amdema laxés gwég'ilasaxa 
dzédaqé mrséqwaxs laé ts!ésaq lax onalisasés Ingwité. Wa, lanm 
gwal laxéq. ; 
' Picking Flat Sea-Eggs off the Rock at Low Water.—W4i, hé‘maaxs 
laé ‘walasa x‘ats!afyaxa nexsemalaéda ‘mektla, 14 wi*x"stendxés 
50 k-lak:!rlaats! xwaxwagtimaxa imdpma. Wa la daxsrlaxa mal- 
tsEmé Awa larlxatya Lefwis k:!ak-!nlax‘safyasé sé*‘wayowa. Wa§i, 
li séx*wida qa‘s li laxa k-!ésé lig‘aaatsa qiiliisa mulasé qaxs 
ts!iwtinxaé k‘!ag-ilaxcdemaxa Amdrma. Wi, li hémm q!ap!r- 
yats!é. Wii, gilfmése lagaa laqéxs laé &x‘édxés Ipxatyé qa‘s la 
55 lalt&é laxés k'!ak'!rlaats! xwaxwagtima. Wa, gilfmése q!axa 
