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cover, she puts it down. She takes out a | large oil-bottle of 
kelp and gives it to the two messengers. | One of them bites off the 
string with which the mouth of the kelp bottle is tied; and, after tak- 
ing off the string, he holds it with his right hand, and | squeezes the 
oil out on the rubbed currant-cakes, while | the other one holds the 
head of the kelp bottle with his left | hand, and he squeezes it 
with his right hand, so that the oil comes out | at the mouth. If the 
oil does not come out easily, because it is thick || in cold weather, 
then the two messengers take hold, one of each end, | of the oil- 
bottle. They stand one each side of the fire in the middle of the 
house, | and they pull the kelp bottle containing the oil backward 
and forward over the fire in the middle of the house. | When the oil 
is melted, then they begin to pour it over the | currant-cakes in the 
dish. They put on much oil, and || continue doing so with the others. 
After oil has been poured on all of them, | they take the horn-spoon 
basket and | distribute the spoons among the feasters. After this 
is done, they put | the currant-dishes in front of them, | one dish for 
each six men. As soon as | all (of the berry-dishes) have been put 
down, the guests begin to eat the berries. | They are told to eat 
everything that is in the dish; and this they do, for | these berries 
are never taken home when they are eaten in the house of the owner, | 
kityafyas laé pax‘alitaq. Wi, la q!elx‘tilts!odxa L!énats!Ala ‘walas 
‘watwadiixs laé ts!is lixa ma‘lokwé efetséstrelgisa. Wa, lida 
‘nemokwe q!ek'6deEx mogitixstafyasa ‘watwadé. Wii, gilfmésé lawii- 
ya mox"ba‘fyas &iwaxstafyaséxs laé dalasés hétk:!dts!ana‘tyé laqéxs 
laé ts!etx‘aqrlasa L!éna laxa yilékwé q!édzedzo t!eqa, yixs laaLé- 
da ‘nemokwas dalaxa Oxta‘yasa ‘wa‘wade, yisés gemxdlts!ana‘yé 
afyesowa. Wii, la xik-asés hélk:!ots!aina‘tyé qa lolts!alésa L!éna 
lax Awaxstafyas. Wii, gilfmésé q!memsa lawiiléda L!énixs gen- 
k'aaxs ‘wiida’laé; wi, lax-dafxwa efetsé‘stelg-isé didebéxa  L!é- 
‘nats!ala ‘watwadé, qa‘s li Lax‘walit lax ‘wax’sandlilasa laqwawali- 
faxs laé ts!ats!engtiLalasa Llénats!ala ‘watwadé lixa laqwawalilé. 
Wii, gil‘méseé yax‘idéda L!énats!4waséxs laé ts!etx-aqas laxa tox- 
ts!ala yilek” q!édzedzo t!mqa. Wii, larm q!éqxa L!éna. Wa, li ax"- 
siifmeésé hé gwéegilaxa wadkwé. Wii, gilfmésé ‘witla la k!iing !egr- 
kitxs laé axédexdafx"xa_ ts!ololagats!é Llexdsgema, qa‘s lii ts !B- 
wanaésElas laxa k!welé. Wii, g‘il'mésé gwalexs laé k-ax-dzamdli- 
trlasa q!éq!ésq!adzats!éré torlq!wa laixa q!ésq!astaq. Wii, latmé 
q!éq!ataléda bebrgwanrEmaxa ‘nal‘nEmeéxta toq!wa. Wi, gil'mésé 
‘wilg'alitexs laé héx‘idarm ‘naxwa q!ésq!as‘idéda k!wélaq. Wa, 
la‘mé iixsd*, qafs ‘wafwi‘laéxés léloqila. Wii, hé'mis gwiilé qaxs 
k-léts!€noxwaé méddola q!édzedzewaxs q!ésélaéda &xndgwadas, 
