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cooking it, and it is not good when eaten raw. They are not || 
35 given at feasts, for only old people eat them. | 
1 Fern-Root (3).'—She? takes the fire-tongs and piles the fire-brands | 
together by the side of the fire. She takes the | fern-roots out of her 
basket and throws them on the | fire, where she turns them over with 
5 the fire-tongs, so that they are || scorched all over. When they are 
brittle, they are done. | She takes them out with her tongs, and does 
the same with | the others. When all the roots are done, | she takes 
her small dish, washes it out, and when it is clean, | she breaks the 
roasted roots into short pieces into the small dish. She breaks the 
10 roots into pieces || one finger-width long. When she | has broken up 
enough, she takes oil and pours it over them, | and she does not stop 
pouring oil over them until they are all covered. Then she takes | a 
spoon and begins to eat the scorched roots with oil. | She eats the 
15 oil and the roasted roots with a spoon. || After she has finished, she 
puts away what is left over, and | she drinks a little water, for she 
does not want to vomit. Because | she has taken much oil, she does 
not take much water. | There is only one way of cooking the fern- 
20 roots. | They are not eaten raw by the tribes. When a || hunter goes 
hunting, he holds a fern-root in his mouth in order | not to get 
‘méx'silaéna‘yaq, yixs k'!ésaé 6k lax k lilx-k'!ax'sewé k !és k!wé- 
35 ladzema qaxs léx‘a‘maé sax'sEkwa q!tlsq!tlyakwe. 
1 Fern-Root (3).'— WA,’ li &xédxés ts !éstala qa‘s k'elts!aléxa gilta qa 
gaxésé qlap!esgemlés laxa onalisasés legwilé; wi, la Lex‘tilts!odxa 
Ink!watyé laxés Imgwats!é‘yé lexa‘ya qa‘s L!ex'Lendés laxés 
L!enasé legwila. Wa, li k-éxi‘lilasés ts!éstala laq qa ék-és k!im- 
lafnakilaénafyas. Wa, gflfmése w!elidexs laé Llopa. Wa, la 
k-elts!endeq laxés L!ex'dema legwila. Wai, li -hanal hé gwég’i- 
laxa wadkwée. Wi, g-il’mésé ‘witlala L!enkwa tek!wafyaxs laé 
axcedxés laldgtimé qa‘s tsdxtigindéq. Wé§a, gilfmésé ég‘ig-axs 
laé Axtédxa t!lenkwe Iek!wa‘ya qa‘s ploxts!alés laxa talogtimé. 
‘nalinemdené wasgemasas p!dqwa‘yaséda lek!wa‘yé. Wii, gcfl- 
emésé hélé p!oqwatyaséxs laé &x‘édxa L!éna qa‘s k:!ting!eqés laq. 
Wii, alfmésé gwal k!iinq!mqéxs laé t!ep!mgrlisa. Wi, li ix‘édxa 
kats!enagé qa‘s tex'latx¢widéxa t!ep!ngelisé L!enk" tek!wa‘ya. 
Wai, lanm ‘yosasa k‘ats!enagé laxa L!éna Le‘wa L!enkwé bek!wa- 
15 ‘ya. Wa, gilfmése gwala laé g’éxaxés Anéx'sityé. Wi, la 
xalex“id ‘nax‘idxa ‘wapé qaxs gwaq!slaé ts!enk!ilida qaxs 
q!ék!nsaaxa Liéna lagilas kes ql!ék'!esxa ‘waipaxs laé nax‘ida. 
Wai, lazmxaé ‘neEmx‘‘idala‘mé hi‘méx'silaéna‘yaxa Ink!watye. Wai, 
laxaé k'!és k!wéladzema laxa lélqwilata‘yé. Wa, gil‘mésé hana- 
20 Lléda hineni!énoxwé laé himsgeméxa k:lilx’é Ink!watya qa‘s 
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1 Dryopteris spinulosa. 2 Continued from p. 197, line 31. 
