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47 more red-hot | stones into it, not very many, so that the water boils 
hard. They are not | long in the water and they are done. Then 
they take out the basket with the bulbs, | and they pour the boiled 
50 bulbs into the large dish. || Then they put the flat-bottomed basket 
again close to the lily-bulb-box, | and they pour some more raw 
bulbs into it; and when it is full, | they put it into the large dish 
to wash the bulbs; | and they pour some water on them and move 
them with their hands; and when all the soil is off, | they put the 
55 basket with the bulbs into the hot water. They || pick up some 
more red-hot stones and put them into it; | and when the water 
boils up, they stop putting | red-hot stones into it. When they are 
done, they | take out the flat-bottomed lily-basket and pour the 
bulbs into | another large dish. They keep on doing this, and they || 
60 only stop when all the lily-bulbs are out of the box. | 
Then the wife of the host takes out the dishes | and the spoon- 
baskets, and oil; and | two men go and take up each one large ladle, 
65 and | each one empty dish, and they put these close || to the dish in 
which the cooked lily-bulbs are. They dip the large | ladle into the 
bulbs, and they pour them into the empty dish. | When the dish is 
more than half full, they go and put them down on the | left-hand 
46 gil‘mésé la hinstalaxs laé ét!éd k-!ipstalasa holalé x ix'exsEmala 
tlésem liq qa Alax*idés marmdelqiléda ‘wapé. Wa, k!ést!a 
ilamm géstalilexs laé L!lopa. Wa, li k:!oxtwtstendxa xdkwélats!é 
qa‘s la gitxts!otsa la qlolk® x-oktim lixa ‘walasé loq!wa. Wa, la 
50 xwélaqa hing-igentsa LEq!exsdé Imxi laxa x‘dgwats!é@ xEtsEma 
qa’s gtixts!Alésa k-lilxé@ x-oktim lag. Wi, g-il'mésé@ qot!axs laé 
hints!ots laxa ts!ats!¢ ‘walas loq!wa qa‘s giiqryindésa ‘wapé laq, 
qa‘s golg-rlgatyésés efeyasowé lag. -W4, gilfmésé ‘witlaweé dzédzex"- 
sEma‘fyas laé hinstents laxa ts!elx¥sta ‘wipa. Wa, laxaé k:!i- 
55 plitse‘weda xix'exsemala t!ésema qa‘s li k:lipstalas laq. Wa, 
gilfemxaawiseé makmdelqtlé ‘wapaséxs laé x‘ds‘id k‘lipstalasa 
XIx'EXsEMAala t!éseEm laq. Wii, g‘il*smxaawisé L!dpExs laé Axwiti- 
stendxa x‘dkwé‘lats! Leq!mxsd Ipxatya qa‘s li gtixts!dts laxa 
dgti‘la‘maxat! ‘walas loq!wa. Wa, Ax"simésé hé gwégila. Wai, 
60 alf'mésé gwalexs laé ‘wilgrlts!owéda x‘dgwats!éx'dé xEtsEma. 
Wa, li genemasa k!wélasé mex‘welt!alitelaxa torlq!wé. Wa, 
hé'misa k-ayats!@ Llexdsgema; wii, hé‘misa v!éna. Wa, li &xe- 
déda ma‘lokwé bébrgwanrmxa ‘nalnemé Awa k-ak-Ets lenaqa; wii, 
hé‘misa ‘nal‘neméxta laxa lopemts!4 loElq!wa qa‘s li h&‘ndts!xli- 
65 fas laxa &xts!ewasasa L!opé x‘dkiima. Wa, li tséqasa ‘walasé 
kats!enaq laq qa‘s li tséts!alas lixa loprmts!4 loq!wa. Wa, 
gil‘mésé ék-!olts!endrxs laé qas‘ida qa‘s li kag‘alitas laxa gem- 
xOtsalilasa Awitelisa t!exila. Wa, Ax%sitmésé hé gwégrilaxa 
