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538 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN, 85 
the time when the man takes a fairly stout cedar-bark rope || and winds 
it around the square box so that it may not burst open when | they 
put the red-hot stones into it. Generally | the rope is put around the 
square box before the guests come in. | When this has been done, the 
two men who are to pick up the red-hot stones | take the tongs out 
of the water and pick up the red-hot || stones and put them into the 
square box; | and when the end of the tongs begins to burn, they | push 
them at once into the water; and when the ends are wet again, | they 
pick up more red-hot stones. During this time | the wife of the host 
who is to give a feast of cinquefoil-roots takes a new, smooth mat 
and || spreads it out behind the box in which the cinquefoil-roots are 
to be cooked. She takes | one of the cinquefoil-baskets, unties the 
top, | and takes out the roots, which she throws on the mat. | She 
pulls them apart so that they lie loosely on the mat. She does this 
with | four cinquefoil-baskets. When the roots are all || piled up 
loosely, she takes one of the baskets of long roots | and a new mat, 
which she spreads out. | She unties the top and takes them out very 
carefully, | puts them on the mat, | and pulls them apart carefully, 
because she does not want them to break, for they are all long. || As 
soon as they have been pulled apart, she takes the dry fern-leaves 
and | puts them down on the floor of the house near by. She takes 
old mats | and puts them down next to the square box. | After this 
qa‘s qpx'sé‘stendés laixa k!imyaxta qa k-!ésétes yimxsal ‘wi‘lat 
klipts!oyoLa xiIx'ExsEmala tl!ésem liq. Wa, la q!tinala gryot 
qex'sEmtsE‘wa k:!imyaxiixs k-!és‘maé hogwira LélaneEmé. Wai, 
g-ilfmése gwalmxs laéda ma‘lokwée  k:!ék'!epelgis béebrgwanem 
ixwitstendex dbafyasés k!ék:!ipralaa qa‘s kliplidés laxa x‘ix'px- 
sEmala t!éspma qa‘s li k !ipts!flas laxa t!eqwé‘lats!é k-!imyaxta. 
Wa, gilmaxwatmésé xix‘édé Gba‘tyas k lipLalaaséxs laé héx-tidazm 
LienxstEnts Obafya laxa ‘wape. Wi, gil*mésé k!inx*édé dbatya- 
sexs laé et!éd k-lip!éts laxa x‘ix'exsemala t!ésema laaLasa gEnE- 
masa t!eqwélaxa t!ex"sdsé Ax°édxa ég-idzowé Eldzd létwatya qa‘s 
Lep!alilés lax aranidlilasa t!eqwelats!é k!imyaxia. Wai, li ix‘édxa 
‘nemsgEmé t!mgwats!é Llabata qa‘s qwéteyindéx t!mmak-iya‘yas. 
Wi, li belxttits!ddeq qa‘s li brelxedzots laxa tebeté lewa‘ya. 
Wa, la bél@dnq qa hasdéxwalés. Wii, naxwanm hé gwéx~‘idqéxs 
mosgemaéda t!ét!egwats!6 Llan!ebata. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wifla la 
belkwaxs laé ixédaxaaxa ‘nemsgemé Laxabats!@ Llabata. WA, 
hé'misa Eldzdmaxat! téwatya. Wa, li vep!alilasa lé‘watye. Wii, 
laxaé qwéleyindex t!emakiyatyas. Wi, laxaé aékilaxs laé brl- 
x‘tits!odeq qa‘s li brlxrdzots laxa létwatyé. Wi, laxaé aék-ilaxs 
laé bélédeq qaxs gwaq!rlaaq arlts!ala qa senalés laxés A&wasgE- 
masé. Wa, gil'mésé ‘witla la bélkwaxs laé Ax‘édxa gEmsé qa‘s 
g-axé Ipx‘ililas laxa nexwala lag. Wa, laxné ax‘édxa k lak: tek: !o- 
bané qa @*axés axel lax maig‘inwalilasa t !eqweélats!@ klimyaxta. Wa, 
