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556 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTEH. ANN. 35 
As soon as the bucket is empty, she || takes the old mats and covers 
them over the basket; and she | only stops covering it when she 
has many old mats over it, so that | the steam can not come through. 
She leaves what is being steamed in that way; | and sometimes she 
only takes off the cover from the | carrots that are being steamed at 
mid-day, if they are put on in the morning. When || they are done, 
the woman takes the dishes | and oil and puts them down; and when 
everything is ready, she takes off the covering of | old mats and 
spreads them out, so that they come off from she carrots; | and 
the small-meshed, flat-bottomed steaming basket stands in the 
middle of the fern-fronds, | where it is kept warm. Then the woman 
sends her husband to || go and invite whomever he wishes to eat the 
carrots. | Sometimes his tribe come into the house when they know 
that | carrots have been steamed. When all those who are going | to 
eat the carrots have come in, two men of the numaym of the 
woman’s husband | come and help her. They take the dishes and || 
put them down ina row. They take out the | flat-bottomed carrot 
steaming-basket from among the fern and put it down at one end of 
the | row of dishes. One of them takes the tongs | and with them 
takes out the steamed carrots. The other one | takes up one of the 
dishes and puts it down by the side of the || small-meshed, flat- 
bottomed steaming-basket. Then the | other one puts the steamed 
aixfédxa klak-!sk'lobané qa‘s niasryindés laq. Wa, al*mésé 
ewal nasaqéxs laé qlénema k'!ak'!ek'!obana nias‘idayoséq qa 
k-lésés k-px%siléda k-!atela lag. Wa, la‘mé wax'dzala hé gwaéta 
‘nek‘asE’was. Wi, la ‘nal‘nemp!ena al‘em lét!étsefwa ‘nek-asE- 
‘waéda xmtxet!ixa la neqiilaxs gag‘aalayéxa gaala. Wa, gil- 
‘mésé Llopexs laé héx'siifma ts!edaqé &xédxa loElq!wé qa g'axés 
meExéla LEfwa Lléna. Wa, gilfmése gwalpxs laé nasddxa nayimé 
klak'!ek !Obana qa‘s Lep!alitelés qa lawiilésa xptp!ala laq. Wai, 
asmisé la ha‘naga‘ya ‘nkg’ats!é t!dlt!Ox"sem LEeq!exsd lexixa gEm- 
sé qa tslelqwes. Wai, lida ts!mdaqé ‘yalaqasés tatwtnemé qa 
lis Lé‘lalaxés gwe‘yowé qa‘s xEtxatwetxa xEtxet!a. Wii, lai ‘nat 
‘nemp!ena q!tilyaérelé g-oktilotas g-ax hogwérelaxs laé q!alaqéxs 
lmfmaé Llopa xEtxet!ixs ‘nek-dsp‘wae. Wa, gil’mésé ‘wi‘laéréeda 
xEtxatLaxs laéda ma‘lokwé g:ayol lax ‘ne‘mémotas laSwinemasa 
ts!ediqé gax giwalaq. Wii, li ax‘édpx-da‘x'xa lorlq!we qa‘s 
mepx‘alitmléq qa ‘nemagiyolilés. Wa, li k-!ox*weqodxa ‘nng-ats!é 
Leq!exsd lexatya laxa gemsé qa‘s li hanbalilas lax apsbalilasa 
‘npmagiyolite jlorlq!wa. Wa, &xtédéda ‘nemodkwaxa k°!ipralaa 
qa's k'!iplidés laxa ‘negEkwé xetxet!a. Wi, lida ‘nemokwe 
k-agilitxa ‘neméxia loq!wa qa‘s gaxe kag‘igés laxa ‘nug-ats!e 
t!olt!ox"sem LEq!exsd lpxafya. Wii, hé‘mis lanaxwa k:!ipts!odaatsa 
‘nEmokwasa ‘nbg‘Ekwé xetxet!a liq. Wii, Ax'si*mésée hé gweégila 
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