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33 done. | Then she takes them off and pours off the water; and when 
all the | liquid is off, she takes out the old mat that she tucked in, 
35 and || she takes two stones to break the winkles. She uses | the mat 
to break them on, and spreads it out outside of her seat. | Then she 
takes the winkle-kettle and pours the | winkles on the mat on which 
they are to be broken. She takes up one of the stones | and puts it 
40 on the mat to break them on it. In her || right hand she takes the 
other hammer-stone, and she takes up | one of the winkles, puts it on 
the one stone, and | strikes it with the hammer-stone. Then the | 
shell of the winkle breaks to pieces. She takes out the | edible part 
45 and eats it, and she does the same with the others. || After she has 
eaten all, she rinses her mouth, so that the salt taste comes out, | and 
she drinks a little water; and she gathers the | broken shells, puts 
them into her mat on which they were broken, and she | goes out and 
throws them away outside the house, for these are not given at a 
50 feast to | many tribes,—winkles, cryptochitons, and chitons. || Only 
chiefs and their children eat winkles. | I do not know why they are 
the only ones to eat them. That is all | about this, for there is only 
one way of cooking them. | 
1 Eel-Grass (Twisting off eel-grass)—In springtime, | when the 
winter is past, then all the women get ready to | twist eel-grass. 
33 li hinx’sendeq qa‘s x‘ats!exidé ‘wapalis. Wa, gil*mésé ‘witlawe 
‘wapaliisexs laé lawnyodrx dzdprya‘tyas k!ak'!obané. Wai, la 
35 ixsédxa maltsemé t!ésema qa‘s tliiyoxa gélayowe. Wai, li Ax‘éd- 
xa tlédzi te°watya qa‘’s Lep!alilés laxés L!asalitasés k!waélasé. 
Wi, li axtédxa g-@layots!’la hanx'Lanowa qa‘s gtigedzddésa g-éla- 
yowe laxa tl!édzi lé*watya. Wa, li &x‘édxa ‘nemsgemé t!ésema 
qa‘s ‘mrgtidzodés laxa t!édzi téwatya. Wi, li dataséss hétk: !o- 
40 ts!ana‘yé lixa ‘nrmsgEmé t!iyo t!ésema. Wi, li dax-‘idxa ‘nems- 
grmé gélayo qafs ‘mE‘x"semdés Jaxa t!msdema t!ésema. Wii, 
li t!esédeq yisés disgrmésréwé t!ayo t!ésema. Wii, hé‘mis la 
trtepsaatsa xeltsemafyasa g*élayowé. Wi, li &x¢dex himts!a- 
was qa‘s himx‘idéq. Wa, a'misé hé gwégilaxa wadkwe. Wi, 
45 g-ilimésé ‘witlaxs Jaé ts!nwit!exdda qa lawiyés demp!aéL!exawa- 
fyas. Wa, li xat!mex‘id nax‘idxa ‘wapé. Wa4a, la q!ap!ég-ilitxés 
tlasésawatyé qa‘s li ‘witladzots laxés tlédzi te*watya qa‘s li 
k'!ats lax Llasanafyasés gokwé, yixs k:!ésaé k!wéladzem laxa q|!e- 
nemeé lélqwilatatyaxa g'élayowé Lefwa q!anasé LEfwa k:!Endte. 
50 Wa, lana léx‘ama gig-igima‘yé Lefwis sisemé hitmapxa gélayowe. 
Wi, len k'!és q!’nelax hég-agiImas hi‘maprq. Wa, lanm gwat 
laxeq qaxs ‘nemx*‘idilamaé hitméx'silaénatyaq. ? 
1 Eel-Grass (KK! ilpixa ts!ats!ayimé).—Wai, hé*maaxs laé q!waxEnxa 
laas hiyaqaxa ts!iwtnxe laé xwanal‘idéda ‘naxwa ts!édaqa qa‘s 
