580 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN, 35 
67 drink any water after eating it, for they do not want | to lose tle good 
taste of the salal-berries from their mouths. | That is all about this. | 
1 Huckleberries.—As' soon as (the woman) enters her house, she puts 
down | the two baskets, takes a | short wide board and puts it down 
flat near the place | where she always sits; and she takes a log and || 
5 rolls it towards the board, so tl.at one end of the short wide board 
rests on it. | When this is done, it is like this: | 
She also takes a piece of wood which is not 
really thick (2) and | puts it down, and she 
takes anew mat (4) and | spreads it out. She ! 3 4 2 
10 lifts up the edge so that it lies on the piece of fire-wood at (2), || and 
she lifts up the lower end of the board (3) for cleaning the | huckle- 
berries, and spreads under it one edge of the mat (4) on to which 
the | cleaned huckleberries roll. As soon as this has been done, she 
pushes small pieces of wood under the | sides of the cleaning-board, so 
that it lies firmly on the support (1)| for the cleaning-board. After 
15 all this has been done, she takes a || bucket with water and puts it 
down; and she takes her | huckleberry-baskets, unties the top, and 
takes off the | skunk-cabbage covering. As soon as all this is off, she 
takes the | bucket and pours water over the board (3). | The water 
20 runs over it, as it runs down the board (3) .|| As soon as it is wet, she | 
67 jawayes éx'p !aéL /exawa‘yé asda éx'p!EsgEMa‘yasa ae Wate, Wi, 
lapmxaé gwiata. f 
1 Huckleberries.—Wi,' g‘il‘mésé laéi lixés g-dkwaxs laé OxtEg-ali- 
laxés gwégwadats!é lazlxatya. Wa, li héx‘idarm 4x‘edxa ts!a- 
ts!lax"seme ‘wadzd sadk", qa‘s pax‘alilés laxa mak-alamé lax 
hémenélasé k!waé‘lats. Wi, laixaé Ax‘édxa Lekwé leqwa, qa‘s 
5 gaxé len‘naktilas qa‘s g'axé gétbalifas laxa ts!ats!ax"semé ‘wadzo 
sadkwa. Wai, gvil‘mésé gwalalitexs laé gra g“willéga (fig.). Wai, 
laxaé axtédxa klésé Alawm ek" léx-rn leqwa, yix (2), qa‘s la 
kat !alitas. Wa, laxaé Ax‘édxa ‘walasé Eldzo lté*wa‘ya (4) ie la 
Lep!alitas. Wa, li ék-!enxalaxs laé Lep!pna‘yé Apsenxa‘tyas lax 
10 xwalenxa‘yé (2). Wi, li wibendex benba‘yas kimdredzowaxa 
gwidemeé (3), qa‘s LEbabodés ipspnxa‘yas (4) xa q!umendzowasa 
k-imdrkwé gwadema, Wa, gvil‘mése gwalpxs laé g-api‘lilax ewin- 
xafyas k‘imdedzowa qa ékés paxenayaénatyas laixa qénolilasa 
ia imdrzowaxa gwadrmé (1). Wii, gil'mésé gwatexs laé ix‘edxés 
15 ‘wabets!fla nagats li qa g’axés hatnéla. Wa, laxaé ax‘édxés gwe- 
ewadats!é lagnlxatya, qa‘s qwétnyindaléq, qa‘s lawialéx LeLEpEya- 
yas klik !laok!wa. Wai, g*il'mésé ‘wi‘la la laweyakwa laé ix‘édxa 
nagats!é, qa‘s giigedzddésa ‘wapé lax ék-!pba*yasa k-imdedzowa (3). 
Wii, li wag-ildziyéda ‘wipaxs laé waxerla laxa k-imdedzowa (38). 
20 Wii, gilfmésé hamelgidzod la k!ingedzowa k-‘tmdrdzowaxs laé 
1 Continued from p. 211, line 40. 
