Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 643 
When the front of the house is stone| at the place where the hunter 
sits and when he dreams of making love to the wife of | another man, 
he has no way of letting his wife know that he goes out || hunting on 
account of his favorable dream, for he immediately arises and goes 
out in his canoe. When he goes out of the house, he takes | a long split 
piece of cedar-wood and places it on the ground, the end near | the 
door of the house pointing down to the beach, and the lower end | is 
pointing south; and when the hunter goes straight out from his || 
house, then he puts the cedar-stick on the rock (pointing away from 
the door); and when he | goes north, he lays the cedar-stick (pointing 
north); and when | he goes back into the woods, he puts the cedar- 
stick pointing backward at | one side of his house. | 
Tn the same way are the marks which he puts on the| ground about 
which f talked first. || 
This is only done by the hunter when he dreams of making leve to 
a| living woman. When he dreams of making love to a dead woman, | 
he knows that he will not catch any animal. This is the same | dream 
for the hunter and trapper; for when | the trapper dreams of making 
love to a living woman, || he knows that scmething will be in his trap, 
and he at once goes to | look at his trap to take out what is caught in it; 
and when the | trapper dreams of making love to a dead woman, he 
Wa, gilfmésé tledzek!wa L!asandfyasa gOkwasa haini!enoxwé 
axés hanar!aédzasé. Wa, gilfmésé méxela nexwalaxa geneEmaxa 
dgti‘la begwanrma, wii, li k leis gwex‘idaas nélaxés genemax lire 
hanavt!al qaés ék’@ méxatya qaxs Acmaé héx*‘idanm Lay‘tilila qa‘s li 
aléxswida. Wa, @ilémésé lalawitlts!a laxés g-okwaxs laé dag ilxna- 
laxa gilt!a x6k" k!wa‘xLa‘wa qa‘s k'at!elsés Obatyas lax max’sta- 
‘lasas t!exilisés gokwé, gweébala Jaxa L!Emat‘isé, la gwagwebala 
laxa ‘neldzé. Wi, giltmésé lira hini!énoxwé laxa neqawilasés 
geOkwe la kat!alotsa k!wa‘xiatwé laxa gwiilaasa.! Wi, gilfmésé 
gwagwaaqa laxa gwanakwé laé kat !alotsa k!watxtatwé. Wii, g‘il- 
Fmésé aaLaaqa laxa aL!é Jae kat!alotsa k!wa‘xiatwé aLebala lax 
ipsanatyasés gdkwe. Wi, héemxadwisé egwiila xiltatyas laxa 
awinak!tisé laxen giilx'dé gwagwéx's‘ilasa. — 
Wai, léx‘arm hé eweg'ilatsa hin. !énoxwé yixs méxelaé nexwalaxa 
qitila ts!ediqa. Wi, gil*mésé méxela nexwalaxa la In‘l tsedaqa, 
wi, li q!anelaxs k'!eAsité yanems laxa g‘ilg'‘admas, yixs ‘nemax‘is- 
fmaé méxa‘yasa hint !énoxwe Lefwa k'!elk elk !enoxwe, yixs gil- 
smaéda k !elk-elk:!@nodxwé méxela nexwalaxa q!itla ts!edaqa laé 
q!atblaqé lazm miits!awés k:!ple‘ayo. Wi, héx‘idatmésé la do6- 
qwaxa k‘lelg'ayowé qa‘s k!ilséx mits!awas. Wi, gvil‘mésé k:!rl- 
k lelk!enoxwé méxela nexwalaxa Inlé ts!edaiqa; wi, li q!aiie- 
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