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498 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [PTH. ANN. 36 
edible part bottom up into | the water in the dish and wash it, so that 
the entrails come out. || As soon as they are all out, then they eat the 
edible part, | and all the people do the same. After they have 
finished, | they rinse their mouths; and when they have done so, their | 
wives gather up the emptyshells and put them into a basket. As soon 
as | they are all in, the woman takes a large firebrand and puts it on 
top of the || empty shells. Then she picks up (the basket) and empties 
it outside of the | house.*. . . As soon as it is day, (the people) eat 
the flat and the | large sea-eggs. . . . This is all about the flat sea- 
eggs. | 
Blue Sea-Eggs.—I have forgotten the blue sea-eggs. They are | 
the same as flat sea-eggs, for they are eaten in the same way | as the 
flat sea-eggs when they are broken. Only that is different, | when 
they go to get them, that the only time to get them is when it is 
really low || water at spring-tide, when the moon is new or when it is 
full. | When the tide is nearly at its lowest, the woman takes her | 
basket for carrying them, and she carries it on her back, going down 
the rocky beach to the | point of land; for that is the only place where 
there are many blue sea-eggs, where the largest waves are, | what 
some people call breakers, for that is where the blue sea-eggs stay, 
where there are || many cracks in the flat rocks, and that is where | 
the women go to look for blue sea-eggs, carrying their clam-digging 
‘wabrts!iwasa loq!wé qa‘s ts!oxtwidéq qa lawiiyésa yax~yig‘ilas. 
Wa, gilfmése ‘witlaxs laé himx<‘idxa himts!4wiis. Wa, la ‘na- 
xwarm hé gwegiléda g-oktilotas. Wa, gil‘mésé gwalexslaé ‘naxwa 
ts!pwéL!pxoda. Wa, gilfmésé ewalnxs laé q!ap !ég-ilite gEnEma- 
séxa tsiixmdte qa‘s k'lats!odés laxa Ipxa‘yé. Wa, g-ilfmésé 
‘wilts!axs laé ax‘édxa gtilta ‘walastokwas qa‘s dink: tyindes laxa 
tsix'mote. Wa, li k-!oqtilitaq qa‘s li k-!adms lax L!asandtyasés 
gokwe.'. . . Wii, gilfmésé ‘nala tsax'demaxa amdEma LE‘wa 
meseqwé. Wa, lawésta gwal laxa amdema. 
Blue Sea-Eggs (Lewa).—Héden L!nléwésn'wa lnwa, yixa hémaxat! 
gwex’sa imdema, yixs hémaaxat! gweg'ilasoxs laé tsik‘asEwe gwe- 
gilasaxa imdremaxs laé tsak-ase‘wa. Wii, léx-afmes ogiiqilayoséxs 
ie ixspfwa yixs léx‘a‘mae kag ilax-demgéxs Alak:!alaé ‘walasa 
x‘ats!afyaxa x‘dsawayaéda ‘mpkiila LOxs lA nexsemala. Wa, giil- 
‘mésé Elaq walemwaxsdelésa x‘ats!afyaxs laéda ts!edagé &x*édxés 
k-lagilants!eLé Ipxafya qa‘s li Oxialaqéxs laé lents‘nyala laxa 
Awitbatye qaxs léx‘af‘maé q!ayatsa tewéda éxwiladixa qtita yix 
ewr'ydsa wadkwé t!oxwa qaxs hé*maé dzenaatsa lewé LOxs 
q!énrmaéda xtix'xtik-!a laxa pasprlxrla. Wa, hé‘mis la alfyatsa 
tslndaqaxa lewa 1laxés dalaéna‘yaxa k lilakwé. Wi, g-il‘mésé 
1 If this is not done, the ghost will come and eat the sea eggs. See p. 614, line 17. 
