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into the river. | Then the man who throws it into the river speaks, | 
and says, * * * (manuseript incomplete). | 
Blue'sea-eggs are not eaten until after | they have been four days 
in the house; for | the ancient people said that if they should eat 
them at once, | there would be bad weather, and southeast wind 
would blow. || for it is said the blue sea-eggs are the grandfather of 
the southeast wind. Therefore | they are not immediately eaten. | 
HUNTING TABOOS 
I have been asked by you about notices set up by a hunter, | that 
his wife may know which way he has gone | into the woods, or when 
he goes paddling, for the hunter does not let his | wife know for some 
time which way he intends to go because all the women || talk to the 
other women which way their husbands are going, if they are told 
by their husbands | the way they will go. It is heard by| the game 
of the hunters,—the animals,—what their wives say, | and therefore 
the animals are shy and are in vain hunted by the | hunters.|| 
If the wife of the hunter is experienced, she will sit in the house 
watching | her husband when he is getting ready, and she never asks | 
where he is going. A little while after the hunter, her husband, has 
gone out | the woman arises and goes to the beach to ease herself. | 
Wa, la ya’q!pg-attéda brgwa’nemé, yi’xa la axsth’ndrq la’xa we 
Wi, la‘més ‘né’k'a, . . . (manuscript incomplete). 
Wa,’ laxaé k-!éts!énoxt héx‘id tsaix*idexa tewa yixs almaé. 
tsax“‘idqéxs lae mop!enxwa‘sé ‘naliis Axét laxa g:Okwé, qaxs ‘né- 
kaéda galé begwanrmaéxs gil'mélaxé héx‘idarmlax tsax*tidEq 
lalax‘laé héx-‘idanm lax ‘yityig'Es laxa ‘nala Loxs lélax memiz- 
g@lala qaxs hé‘marl gigempsa Melalanukwa tewa. Wai, hé‘mis 
lag‘ilas k-!és héx-‘id tsax“‘itsE‘wa. 
Huntine Tasoos 
Wa, giaf‘méts ‘nem wtiLasewoség'a mamalt!ék!at‘yasa hin‘enw!e- 
noxweé qa qlalagilts genemaséx gwagwaagasas LO* hé gwagwaagéda 
aLlé Lo? la saxwida, qaxs k !ésaéda hain‘en!énoxwe hétq !alaxés 
genEmé gryol q!alax gwaigwaagasLas qaéda ‘naxwa ts!édaqa yixs 
laé gwagwex” sala qaés ts!edax¢wiité lax laastasés liswtinrmé, yixs 
nélasE‘waasés la¢wiinemasés laasra. Wa, hérmé‘lawis <aiiae 
hanau!ase‘wasa hinw!énoxwéda gilg'admasé waldemas genEmas. 
Wa, hérm‘lawis lag‘ilas hiwinateledae ‘ilg'admasé wax’ hinar!asosa 
hint lenoxwe. 
Wax'éda égilwaté genemsa hini!énoxwé li 4em k!waél doqwa- 
taxés laxes la‘wtinemaxs laé xwanalela. Wi, latmé héwiixa wiLax 
laastas. Wa, g‘ilfmésé la gagiila lawelsé hini!énoxwe la*winems 
lae Lax’ “tiliteda tsledaiqé qa‘s li ke 'ex‘alisa laxa L!ema‘isé. Wa, 
i Continued Feaway p. 499, jing 15. 
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