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and after they have done this, all the salal-berries are covered with oil. | 
They shake off the oil, take the bunch out, and | eat them off one at a 
time; and when all have been taken off, they throw the stem || into 
the fire. Then they take another bunch and | do in the same way, 
and all the guests do the same. | After they have eaten, they all go 
out of the house. | They drink no water after eating it, for they | do 
not want to remove the sweetness from the mouth. || For this reason 
they do not drink any water. The reason why| the branch is thrown 
into the fire by the one who has eaten the berries is, that they do not 
want any one to take it | for witchcraft; for the man’s breath is on it, 
because he has bitten off the | salal-berries and it remains on it. 
Therefore they are afraid. Now that is all | about salal-berries. || 
Cakes of Currants! (Hating currant-cakes).—First| the woman takes 
the dishes and she brings them down and she puts them down on the 
left-hand side of the | door of the house where the currant-cakes 
are to be eaten; and she places there also oil | and the horn-spoon 
basket and also large water-buckets, || are put down on the floor, 
and also long mats.? |... 
As soon as he stops speaking, the wife of the | host takes the box 
containing the currant-cakes and unties the cover. | She takes out 
Wi, gilfmésé la ‘witla la t!et!#psema nek!tlaxa L!éniixs laé k:!n- 
lodxa Lleniixs laé Axwtstendeq qa‘s ‘nalnemsgEmEmgégéexs laé 
q!ek-dlaq laxés yisx‘ené. Wii, g:il'mésé ‘wilg-elenxs laé ts!exLen- 
deq laxa lmgwilé qa‘s et!edé dax‘idxa ‘nemxnala. Wai, laxaé 
hérmxat! gwex‘ideq. Wi, li ‘naxwarm hé gwégwiilag-ilitéda wad- 
kwé k!wéla. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witlaxs laé héx-‘idarm ‘naxwa hoqii- 
welsa. Wa, lazmxaé héwixakm nagéqElax ‘wapa qaxs gwaq!E- 
laaq laiwiiyés é6x‘p!aéL!exawatyé yis éx‘p!esgema‘yasa nek!ite, 
Wi, hé*mis k:!ésélas nax‘idxa ‘wapé. Wii, hé*mis lag‘itas ts !xLa- 
laxa yisx'eneasés q!ng'Elenakwaxs gwaq!rlaaq lalax yayanrmasosa 
éq!enoxwe qaxs laé hasafyasa begwankrmaxs laé q!ekflaxa neE- 
kite k!it!snéq. Wi, hé‘mis kilemsé. Wa, laem Alak:!ala gwal 
lixa nek!ile. 
Cakes of Currants! (T!nxt!aqxa q!édzedzowé).—Wii, héem gil Ax‘e- 
tso’sa_ts!edagés lorlq!we qa g-axés mexstalit lax gemxotstalilas 
t!mx‘iliisa t!ext!agatsliixa q!edzedzowé gdkwa; wii, hé'misa L!éna, 
LE‘ wis ts!ololagats lis LlpxOsgema; wii, hé‘misLés aiwawe naenga- 
tslii, qa g'axés hax hinéla; wi, hé‘misés g:ilsg'ildedzowé lénl*wa‘ya.? 
.. . Wa, gilfmésé q!weltedéda yaq!ent!alaxs laé &x*édé genEmasa 
k!wélasaxa q !édzats!@ xaxadzema qa‘s qwélryindéx t!emak-iya‘yas. 
Wai, li &x‘witlts!Alaxa q!edzedzowé t!eqa, qa‘s qwéqitiltsEméx yaél- 
1 Ribes bracteosus Dougl. and Ribes petiolare Dougl. 
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