BOAS] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 615 
across | the arms, and they are (very) thick. Thaveseen one | sucker 31 
one short span | across, and in the middle of the sucker is a piece just 
like a | round bone. The points of the middle of the suckers are 
sharp. || There are eight bones around the stomach, | and the arms 35 
also have a bone each. | Sometimes they make a mistake and cook 
a | small “bear of the rocks.’’ When it is cooked, and they take off 
the loose skin, | when it is squeezed by those who are washing it, it 
gets || thin, because the water in it comes out, for there is nothing but 40 
water in the | “bear of the rocks.” Then they throw it away, for | 
they are afraid to eat it, because it kills people and it is a sea- 
monster. | That is all about this. | 
Customs REeLatTinG TO CANOE-BUILDING 
In' the morning, as soon as it is day, (the canoe-builder) rises for || 
he is alone in the house, because canoe-builders are not allowed to lie 45 
down | with their wives when building canoes. It is a saying of the 
first | people, that if a canoe-builder should lie down | with his wife, 
the tree from which he makes the canoe would be hollow. | Therefore 
he is not allowed to lie down with his wife. || 
As soon as this has been done,’ he takes a piece of charcoal and 50 
paints | the face of a man on each side, in the middle of the | canoe, 
bafyas dzédzklemas, wi la LestEKwa. Wa, len doqtilaxa 31 
k!imt!enafyas ‘nemp!enk‘awil laxens ts!ex"ts!anatyaxsEns q!wa- 
q!wax'tsana‘yéx. Wa, li hélostalé k!imt!enafyaséxa hé gwéx’s 
kilkilx'sem xaqa. Wa, hépm ééx-bé dba‘yasa nexts!awasa 
k!timt!mnafyas. Wai, li matgtinalts!laqé dap!enkas gawiis. Wa, 35 
laxaé ‘naxwarm exaléda dap!enké lax ewaxLatyas dzédzelemasa 
LIaxLeyots!a. Wa, la ‘nalnemp!ena rLéxiéqtilit ha*méx:silases‘wa 
Aima‘yé tlax'Leyots!a. Wii, gil'mésé L!opExs laé lawoydwés lep!E- 
na‘yé. Wa, gil’mésé q!wés‘étsd‘sa ts!oxwiiqéxs laé ts!wmx~‘ida 1a 
wiléda, yixs laé lawiyés ‘wipagatyé qaxs A’maé ‘wibwx'sa‘yéda 40 
Liax‘Leyots!a. Wa, &fmésé la ts!eqewelsdem laxa g'dkwé qaxs 
kile‘maé hi‘mayaxs bex*bakwae. Wa, hé*miséx ‘yagimaé. Wa, 
laem gwal laxéq. 
Customs RELATING TO CANOE-BUILDING 
Wa, gi’lfmésé' la ‘na’x‘idxa gaa’lixs' la’é La’x*wida, yixs 
‘nemO’ewil*maé qaxs k-!ésaéda Lée’Elq!énoxwé hétq!a’la kuclil 45 
LE‘wis gEnE/maxs Lé’qaaxa xXwa’k!tina; yix wa’Idemasa g°a’/lé 
brgwa’nema, yixs gii/l*mélaxé kiiIxktlka 1a’xa_ Lé’q!@noxweé 
LE‘wis genn’mé, wi, la/laxé kwa’kiix"balaxé Lé’qafyas xwa’k!tina. 
Wii, hé’*mis la’gitas k'!és hé’Iq!ala kii’Ix’ktlka Le‘wis gene’mé. 
Wa, gi’l'mésé gwalexs? Ja’é Ax‘é/dxa ts!o’Ina qa‘s k lat !a’tex- 50 
sésa gogiima*yasa bregwanrmeé laxa ‘wax'sanégtixsasa nEgoya‘yasa 
1Continued from Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. V, p. 356, line 2. 
2 The pegging for adzing the sides of the canoe. (Continued from ibid., p. 364, line 25.) 
