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begins to twist it. Then the eel-grass || is twisted around the twisting- 
stick. When she cannot turn the | twisting-stick any more, she 
pulls it up. The twisting woman pulls up the twisting-stick. | As 
soon as the eel-grass comes in sight, she untwists | it to get it off from 
her twisting-stick, and then the eel-grass comes off; | and she squeezes 
one span around it, || beginning at the head-end. That is what we 
refer to as the roots. | She washes it in salt water, so that the sand 
comes off. | When it is all off, she measures two spans | from the 
upper end of the roots, and she breaks off the lower end. | When it is 
all off, she puts it in front of ‘herself, || and she puts the twisting-stick 
back into the water, and she does the same | as she did before. When 
she has much of it, the tide rises, | for they only twist at spring 
tide. As soon as the tide | comes up, she hauls up the anchor and 
goes home; | and when she arrives at the beach of her house, she gets 
out of her || old canoe for twisting eel-grass. She takes out her 
anchor and carries it up; | and when the anchor-line gets taut, she 
puts it down. | Then she sends her husband to go and invite his 
tribe | to come and peel eel-grass. The man immediately obeys | 
his wife. He invites his tribe. || When he comes back, he clears out 
his house, | and spreads the mats around for those who are going to 
peel the eel-grass to sit down on. | As soon as he has done so, he takes 
la k-lilp!mnéxa k-lilbayowé. Wa, gil'mésé gwal su*x"ts!a k:!ilpr- 
léda ktilbayaxs laé néxdstodéda k:lilp!énoxwé ts!mdaqxés k:tilba- 
yowe. Wa, gilfmésé gax néledéda ts!ats!ayimaxs laé addzaaqa 
qweélk !nwésédxés k'!ilbayowe. Wa, hé'mis la lawiyatsa ts!ats!a- 
yimé. Wai, li q!wés‘idxa ‘nemp!enk’é laxens q!waq!wax’ts!ana- 
syex giigiLela laxa ogtimatyas yixens gwe‘yowé L!op!eks. Wa, 
lai ts!0x*weltalaq laxa demsx‘’é ‘wapa qa lawiiyésa ég‘isé. Wii, 
gflfmésé ‘witlaxs laé baltidxa maltp!enké laxens q !waq!wax'ts!a- 
na‘yex gviig iLpla lax Awandfyesa L!op!ek-aséxs leé@ p!oqalax éwaxsda- 
fyas. Wa, @ilfmésé ‘wiwtlx’sexs laé gig‘aalmxses laxés nalétexsé. 
Wii, li xwélaqa médensasés k-lilbayowe. Wii, asmése nEqemg il 
tewexés @alé gwégilasa. Wi, gil’mésé q!kyoLexs laé ‘yixwa 
qaxs léx‘afmaé k:lilpdema ‘walasé x-ats!a‘ya. Wa, gilfmésé k!we- 
yosdésa ‘yixwiixs laé denx‘idxés q!eltsemé qa‘s li ni‘nakwa. 
Wi, eg ilfmésé lag‘alis lax L!ema‘isasés g‘okwaxs laé loltalaxés k-!il- 
bits!é tslag‘dla qa‘s digitpxséxés q!eltsemé qa‘s li dasdésxlaq. 
Wii, gilfmésé tek!it!edé q!eldzaanayaseéxs laé ‘mex‘walisaq. Wa, 
héx‘idafmése fyalaqaxés la‘wtinemé qa liis Lé‘lalaxés g-dkiloté qa 
-orixés séx'axa ts!ats!ayimé. Wa, héx‘ida‘mésé nanageg‘atya be- 
ewinrmax waldpmasés grnemé. Wi, la Lélalaxés g@ okuloté. 
Wi, eilmésé gix aédaaqaxs laé héx‘idatem éx‘widxés g-okwé 
qa’s Lepsé’stalitelésa teel'watyé laq qa k!wadzosa séx‘ataxa ts!a- 
tslayimé. Wa, gilfmésé gwalalitexs laé &x‘édxés ts !éts!xbats!é 
