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50 As soon as she has done so, she takes a large clam-shell | and 
scrapes up the soil with it, and she puts it over the red-hot | stones; 
and she only stops doing so when (the soil) is four fingers | thick on 
top of the red-hot | stones. Then she takes the seaweed and throws 
55 it on top of the soil, || and it is of the same thickness as the soil; and 
she takes | hemlock-branches and puts them on the seaweed, and she 
puts them carefully | on top of the seaweed so that none of it shows. | 
Then she takes the wet leaves and puts them on top of the hemlock- 
60 branches, | and these are also four finger-widths thick. || Then she takes 
the fern-root and puts it among the wet leaves. She | places (the 
fern-roots) bottom upward, and they are close together. | First they 
are put on the right-hand side of the hole, turning the face to the | 
rear of the house. And when they are all in, the woman | takes wet 
65 leaves and throws them over the fern-roots; and || these are also the 
same thickness as the thickness of those underneath the fern-roots, 
namely, four| finger-widths. As soon as this has been done, she levels 
down the top. | Then she takes hemlock-branches and places them 
over them, the | same amount as was first put into the hole. 
Then she takes seaweed | and throws it on top of the hemlock- 
70 branches, and this is also four || finger-widths in thickness. Then she 
takes an old mat|and spreads it over the seaweed. Then she takes her 
50 «©. Waa, g'ilfmés@ gwatexs laé ax‘édxa ‘walasé xalaétsa met !ana‘tyé 
qa‘’s xElx*fidés lixa dzeqwa. Wi, la k-!akiyindalas laxa x Ix‘ix- 
sEmalat!ésema. Wii, al'mésé gwalexs laé modern laxens q!waq!wax'- 
tslana‘yéx yix wagwasasa dzeqwa lax Oktiyatyasa x‘Ix‘ixsemala 
tlésema. Wa, li &x‘edxa L!est!ekweé qa‘s texpyints lixa dzEqwa. 
55 Wa, hépmxaawise wikwé wagwasasa dzeqwa. Wai, laxaé Ax‘éd- 
xa q!waxé qa‘s Lexwityindés laxa Llest!ekwe. Wa, lamm aék:!a 
LeExwas lax Okityaf‘yasa L!mst!pkwe qa k:‘!efsés la nétalas. Wa, 
laxaé &x‘édxa Leq!mmsé qa‘s tex‘édés lax Oktiyafyasa q!waxé. 
Wa, lambmxaé modern laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx yix wigwasas. 
60 Wii, li ax‘edxa tsak-usé qa‘s k!tts!eqnlés laxa Leq!emse. Wii, lazm 
ék laxsdalaxs laé axts!alayé. Wai, laxaa tasila. Wa, la hérmxat! 
gil k!wats!odaatsa tsaik-usa hélk-!odenéx"ts!é gwégimala laxa 
dgwiwalilasés g‘okwé. Wa, giilfmésé ‘wilts!axs laéda ts!ndaqé 
Aix‘édxa Leq!emsé qa‘s lexryddalés lixa tsak‘usé. Wa, laxaé 
65 héem wikwe wagwasasa bena‘yasa tsak‘usaxs modEnaé laxEns 
q!waq!wax'ts!anafyéx. Wii, gilfmésé gwaltexs laé ‘nemakiyindnq. 
Wii, laxaé ix*@dxa q!waxé qa‘s Lexityindés laq. Wi, laxaé héem 
waxe waxaasasa gilx'dé lats!loyos. Wa, li ax‘édxa L!Es_!ekwé 
qa‘s Iexpyindés laxa q!waxé. Wii, gilfemxaawisé modkEn laxens 
79 q!waq!wax'ts!amatyaqé wagwasasexs laé ax*édxa gemasé le‘wa‘ya 
qa‘s LEppyindés laxa L!est!ekwe. Wa, li 4x‘édxés L!emq!ek:!iné 
