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most cases the women throw it away; but if the charcoal does not jump 
out, || they go back into the woods and | look for maples! |. . . 
Customs RELATING TO Sra-Eaes 
As* soon as the (shells of the sea-eggs) are all in, the woman takes a 
large firebrand and | puts it on top of the empty shells. Then she 
goes and pours them out | outside of the house. The reason why 
they put the firebrand there is that || the spirits may not eat the 
refuse of the sea-eggs. | If they do not put a firebrand on top of it, 
it is said that the spirits | immediately go and eat it; and it is said 
that | he who ate what was in the empty shells eaten by the spirits 
would be immediately sick. | Therefore fire is put on top of them when 
they are poured out at night. When || they eat flat or large sea- 
eggs in the daytime, they do not put fire on top of them, | for-it is 
done in the same way with large sea-eggs, for the | spirits like flat sea- 
eggs and large sea-eggs. | That is all about the flat sea-eggs. 
Beviers Revatine to THE Devit-Fisu 
The “bear of the rocks”’ is the largest kind of devil-fish. This| is not 
eaten by Indians. Sometimes they are nearly || three fathoms long 
q!tina’la‘méda_ ts!eda’qé ts!ex‘i’deq. Wa'’x'e k'les dex‘wiilts!4’- 
weda eti’lta liq, wii hé’x*‘ida‘mésé la a’Lé‘sta la’xa a’L!é qa‘s li 
a’/lix sa’q!warmsa.' . 
Customs ReLatinG to Sea Eacs 
Wii,’ gilfmése ‘wilts!ixs laé ax‘édxa gitilta ‘walastokwas qa‘s 
ink‘iyindés laxa tsiixmoté. Wi, li k-loqtlilaq qa‘s li k-!ides 
lax Llasani‘yasés gokwé. Wii, hérm lelgiltsa gilta qa k !ésés 
lida hayatilagasé himgilqaxa tsiix*motasa tsikixa AmdEma. 
Wiix'é k-lés lida giilta la ink fyindayoq larm‘lawisa hayatilagase 
héx“idaEm la himgvilqaq. Wa, lalax‘lae héx’‘idarmlax ts!ex-q!n- 
x‘idé tsiix*mddiadiis himg-ilqase‘wasa hayatilagasé. Wa, hé‘mes 
lagila ank-iyindayowa giilta laqéxs laé k-!Adayoxa ganuré. Wa, 
ge il'mésé ‘nala tsax’demaxa imdema, wi, la k !és ink iyintsdsa gilta 
qaxs hémaaxat! gwegilagila mEseqwe qaxs Lomaakl Ax‘éxsdéda 
haryatilagasaxa imdema LESwa mEséqwe. 
Betrers RELATING TO THE Devit-FIsH 
Xa. uilax’Leyots!a, hémm ‘walegésa ‘naxwax trq!wa; héem 
k'!és hafmiisa bak!time. ‘nalSnemp!gnaé halselazm k’!és nexne- 
qrla yadux"p!enk: laxens baiigé ‘wasgemasas g‘iig'itela lix ‘wax’s- 
! Continued in Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. V, p. 387. 
2 After small sea eggs lave been eaten the shells are carried out of the house. (Continued from p. 498, 
line 83.) 
