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dead eel-grass, | which she puts into her large eel-grass-carrying 
basket. | As soon as the large basket is full of | dry eel-grass, she 
carries it on her back up the beach | and into her house, and she puts 
it down || not far from the fire. Then she takes another | large 
basket and goes into the woods, looking for dry fern. | When she 
finds it, she picks it off and puts it into | the large basket. When it is 
full, she carries it on her back, and | she carries it out of the woods 
home into her house. Then she || puts it down close to the dead-eel- 
grass basket. | She takes her tongs and the small-meshed large 
basket, | and also old mats, and keeps them in readiness. | Then she 
takes her large bucket and goes to draw water. When | she comes 
back, she takes a large dish, in which she intends || to steam the 
carrots. ‘Then she goes to get her basket with carrots, | and pours 
them out into the large | dish. She takes the bucket with water and 
pours (the water) | on the carrots in the large dish. She pats them 
with her hands | until the soil and sand come off; and | after she 
has done so, she takes the small-meshed basket and puts it down | 
close to the dish in which she washes the carrots. She takes out the | 
ue carro ts and puts them into the flat-bottomed, small-meshed, 
large | basket. When it is full, the woman rises. | By this time the 
mote dare la Paice laxés tatntelavantale ‘walas ina a laxa 
syax'motasa ‘yexwa. Wa, gil'mésé qot!éda ts!atsayaats!iis ‘walas 
Ipxiixa lemxwa ts!atsesmotexs laé Ox_Exideq qa‘s lai oxLosdé- 
sElaq qa‘s li OxLaétHlaq laxés gdkwé. Wa, li OxLEgcalitaq laxa 
k'!ésé qwésala laxa Ipgwité. Wi, laxaé &x‘édxa dgti‘la‘maxat! 
fwalas papel qa‘s la laxa axle. Wéa, lanm alax gemsa. Wai 
gil'mésé q!aqéxs laé kltilxideq qa‘s la k!ilts!flas laxa gemdza- 
ts!@ ‘walas lexatya. Wa, gilfmésé qot!axs lae OxiEg‘ilsaq qa‘s 
]& Oxxolt!alaq, qafs li OxnaéLEligq laxés g-oOkwée. WA, li OxLE- 
galilaq lax hi‘nélasasa ts!ats!esmoddats!é ‘walas Ipxafya. Wa, la 
aix‘édxés k:!ipralaa Lefwa t!olt!ox"semafyadzewalé ‘walas lexafya. 
Wa, hé‘misa k!ak-!ek-lobané léeltwatya qa g*axés gwalila. Wa, 
li &x°édxés ‘walasé nagats!a qa‘s la tsix ‘wapa. Wa, g o-ilfmésé 
g’ax aédaaqaxs laé ax‘edxa ‘wilasé loq!wa qa‘s g-Axé me ag-alitas 
laxés ‘negasLaxa xEtxEt!a. Wi, li Ax‘@dxés xedats!é tlabata 
qa‘s gix‘wtits!odéxa xrtxet!a. Wi, lazrm qrpfsas laxa ‘walasé © 
loq!wa. Wai, li &x‘édxa ‘wabrts!ala nagats la qa‘s la gtiq !Eqés 
laxa xetxetlats!4la ‘walas loq!wa. Wa, li Le efeyasowe 
laq qa lawiiyés dzédzex‘tina‘yés LE‘wa ég‘is‘Ena‘yas. Wa, g-ilfmésé 
gwalexs laé ax‘édxa t!olt!ox"semé ewes lpxafya qa‘s hing-alités 
lax mak-axdza‘ yasa ts!ats!4xa xeEtxet!la. Wa, 1a tex‘tstalaxa 
ts!okwé xntxet!a qa‘s li texts!dlas laxa tlolt!oxtsemé ‘walas 
LEq!exsd Inxafya. Wa, g‘ilfmésé qot!axs laé Lax‘tilitéda ts!mdaqé 
