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dish, pours some | water into it, so that it is half full, and she takes | 
the small basket and puts it down close to the dish with water. | She 
picks up some of the roots, puts them into the dish with water, | and 
shakes them so that the sand comes off. When | they are clean, she 
takes them out and puts them on a small mat that has been spread 
on the floor. | Then she takes up some more milkwort-roots and || 
puts them into the water and washes them. She continues doing 
this with the others, | and only stops when they have all been 
washed. After | this has been done, she takes her small kettle, 
washes it out, and, after doing so, | she takes a very small basket, 
goes down to the beach and | picks up medium-sized pebbles, which 
she puts into the | small basket. There may be eight pebbles 
which | she putsin. She carries them up in one hand and takes them 
into the | house, where she puts them down by the side of the kettle. 
She takes the | pebbles out of the basket and puts them into the 
bottom of the | small kettle. She scatters them so that they cover 
the bottom. || After doing so, she picks up some milkwort-roots and 
puts them | on the stones in the bottom of the kettle. She continues 
doing so, putting the | other milkwort-root in, and she only stops 
when | the kettle is piled full) Then she pours in a very little | 
water. She takes a piece of an old mat, with which || she covers the 
kettle, and tucks it down all around so that the steam may not come | 
laxés gOkwaxs laé héx*‘idarm ax‘édxa foq!wé qa‘s gtxts!odésa 
‘wape laq, qa negoyoxsdalés. Wa, la &x*édxa hoq!waleats!é lala- 
xama qa‘s li hing‘alilas lax mak-axdza‘tyasa loq!wé ‘wabets!ala. 
Wi, lai tex‘éd laxa hoq!walé qa‘s li texstents lax ‘wabrts!4wasa 
loq!we. Wa, li k !iteltalaq qa lawayés ég‘is‘rnatyas. Wa, gil‘mésé 
éx*pnx*idexs laélewEstendnq qa‘s li texEdzots laxa Lebilé Eldzo 
amé léfwatya. Wa, laxaé ét!éd tex‘éd laxa hoq!walé qa‘s tex- 
‘stendés laxés ts!ewasaq. Wa, li héxsizm gwég‘ilaxa wadkwé. 
Wa, almésé gwalqéxs laé ‘witla ts!okwa. Wi, gil'mésé gwalexs 
laé ax‘édxés hatnemé qa‘s ts!oxtig‘indéq. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs 
lac axédxa ima‘yé lalaxama qa‘s li laxa Llematisé. Wa, la 
menx*idxa hi‘ya‘lamenéxwe t!at!édzmma qa‘s xex"ts!alés laxa 
lalaxamé. Wa, laanawisé Lo* maletinaltsema t!at!@dzemé xEx"- 
tsloyoséxs gaixaé k!lox‘wisdésrlaq qa‘s li k !ogwitzlaq  laxés 
gokwé. Wa, lit k-!ogiinolilas laxa ha‘neme. Wa, la xex‘ilts!alaxa 
tlat!édzpmé laxa xEgwats!is lilaxama qa‘s li xEq!ixtendilas 
laxa hatnemée. Wa, la gwélaq qa hamelq!exiatyéséxa ha‘nemé. 
Wa, gilfmése gwalexs laé hex‘édxa hoq!walé qa‘s li texryints 
laxa tléts!mxiacyasa ha‘nemé. Wa, li hanal hé gwég-ila texeyin- 
dalasa wadkwe hoq!walé lag. Wa, akmésé gwalexs laé boln- 
yala lida hoq!walégi‘lats!@ hatnema. Wa, li xav!aqa gtiq!e- 
qasa ‘wapé lag. Wa, li ax‘édxa kO!playasox k!ak-!obanéx qa‘s 
nasryindés laq. Wa, li dzopax é@wand‘yas qa klésés k !altsdléda 
