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she passes them out. One of the men || takes the dishes from her, 
and puts them down at the | left-hand side of the door of the house. 
Then the | other man counts how many dishes there will be, for there 
will | be one dish for each group of six guests. | As soon as he has 
counted them, he names the number of dishes required; || that is, 
the number of dishes that the woman passes out of the room. | As 
soon as all the dishes are out of the room, the woman | takes one 
kelp bottle of oil for every two dishes; and when | the oil-bottles 
and dishes have all been taken out, one of the | men takes the fire- 
5 tongs and with them strikes the mat covering of the || long cinquefoil- 
roots. If the cover sinks down, the roots are done. If it does | not 
stay down but jumps back, they are not done yet. (If they are 
done,) he takes off | the mat covering, and a new mat is spread out. | 
The two men take hold on each end of the strips | of cedar-bark that 
mark the level between the short and the long roots. They take them 
all up and put them down || on the new mat that had been spread out. 
After (the men) have done this, they | take their fire-tongs and push 
them in. When the legs of the tongs spread open, | they press them 
together, and they lift out the short roots, and | they put them on 
another new mat that has been spread out; | and they only stop 
taking out the roots when they are all out of the || box. Then the 
two men put down their | fire-tongs and sit down on each side of the 
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gEmxotstililasa t!ex‘iliisa tleqwe‘lats!e gokwa. Wii, lanéda ‘ne- 
mokwe brgwanrm gerlpax ‘waxéxtaasas lorlq!wéda k!wele lax 
qléq!alalaseswa ‘nalneméxta foElq!wiisa bébrgwanrme. Wii, 
@ilfmesé gwala grlpixs !aé Léx‘édpx ‘wax‘éxLaasLasa loxnlq!we. 
Wa, hé‘mis ‘wax‘éxiéda lorlq!wa k-dlt!alélemsa ts!edaqé. Wa, 
e tl'mésé ‘witlolt !alitéda loulq !wixs laé ix*édaxaéda ts!edaqaxa ‘nal- 
‘nbmé ‘waSwadeé Lena qaéda maémaliexta ioElq!wa. Wa, gil‘mésé 
‘wilolt!alitéda ‘watts!4la L!éna Lefwa lonlq!wixs laéda ‘nemokweé 
bregwinrm &x‘édxa klipralaa qa‘s kwéxsemdés laixa nayrmasa 
Laxabialise. Wii, gilfmeésé xtitayax‘idpxs laé L!opa. Wa, gilfmésé 
k'!és xtitafyax“idexs laé klilxa. Wa, li héx-‘idanm lét!letsn‘we 
nasEyatyas. Wa, laxaé Leplaliimma Eldzowe té'wafya. Wa, 
A‘misa ma‘lokwé bebrgwanmm dadebrendex ‘wax'sbafyasa iwtilga- 
watyé dmnasa LEfwa t!ex'sdsé qa’s wégitelodéq qa‘s li belxr- 
dzots laixa Lebete wldzo té‘watya. Wi, gilfmésé gwalmxs laé 
ixtédxés k lék'lipralaa qa‘s L!enq!eqéséxs laé aqalé ‘wax’sanddzEx- 
stafyasa k-!iprilaixs laé k-!ip!éts lixa ts!mlqwa t!ex%sdsa qa‘s li 
k!nbedzots axa dogiti‘la‘maxat! Lebel xEldzo tétwatya. Wa, 
almésé gwal k:!ipwiilts!alaqéxs laeé ‘witlolts!4wéda t!mx"sdsé laxa 
35 klimyaxta. W4a, lax'da‘xwa ma‘lokwé bébrgwanrm g‘ig‘alilaxés 
k!ék-lipralaa qafs k!idzrnoliléx ‘wax’sand‘yasa t!Ex"sdsaxs laé 
