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a toad. All these he keeps; | and he passes them over his wife when 
she gives birth to the child. | 
And when his wife has been with child for nine months, the man. | 
walks continually. He goes into the house || not fast; but when he 
goes out, he jumps | out. | 
And when his wife feels that she is going to give birth to the child, 
he asks | an old woman to act as midwife for her and to take care of 
her . |And when the-old woman comes, she at once asks || the woman 
to lie on her back, knees up, with spread legs. | When she does so, 
the old woman feels of her | abdomen [to ascertain] the position 
of the child. She takes | perch-oil and rubs her hands with much 
of it, and she rubs over | the abdomen of the woman from below 
the breastbone || to the groins. After she has done so she sits still | 
and waits. The man meanwhile is running about quickly. | He 
goes very slowly when he enters a | house, and he is very fast when 
he comes out. Now the old | woman takes the ends of the tentacles 
of the octopus and the || deer-tail and the snake-tail and the toad- 
feet, | and also four chitons; and she takes four | shells ef (medium- 
sized) clams, and puts them down next to the fire. | First she takes the 
tongs and picks up the deer-tail | and puts it on the fire. When the 
Immé; wii, hé‘misa goOg'Egityasa wiiq lise. Wii, hé‘staem ixélax"sé, 
qa‘s noyoLéxés geneme qo mayolidLo. 
Wa, gil‘mésé héfogwile genmpmaséxs laé hémenala‘méda brgwa- 
nemé la yax‘i‘liila qisa. Wii, gilfmésé late lixa g*dkwaxs laé 
klés yinétexs laé laéta. Wii, gil'mésé g-axiwiilsexs laé dzelxp- 
welsa. 
Wa, gil‘mésé p!ép!exwelé genrmaséxs laé ixk:!alaxa mamayial- 
tsilatnoxwé q!tilyax" ts!edaiqa qa liis mamayiultsilax genemas. 
Wii, gil'mésé liida qtilyakwé ts!edaqexs laé héx‘idanm Axk !alaxa 
ts!edagé qa tlex*‘alilés k'!dsala; wii, hé*mis qa ‘yilalés. Wéa, g7il- 
‘mésé hé gwaéléda ts!pdaqaxs laé plex*widéda q!tilyakwe ts!ndaiqeéx 
tek'liis lax gwaédzasasa gininemé. Wai, hé‘mis la ix°@daatséxa 
dzek hwisé, qa‘s q!elq!elts!anendésa q!enmmé, qa‘s li Lexiltsemés 
lax trk'!isa ts!ediqé gayabala lax benba‘yas L!emak!iibands 
lag'aa lax na‘xwas. Wa. gilfmésé gwalexs laé seltlalita. Wa, 
lafmé dlastogwalila. Wi, laemiéda begwanemé Alax‘tid la yax-i- 
‘lilaxs qisaé. Wi, lafmé Lomax‘id laital seltataxs laé laén lixa 
gokwe, qa‘s Alt!eqnléxs g'aixaé @tewiilsa. Wi, la‘méda q!ilya- 
kwe ts!edaq 4x‘édxa dzédzrlemsidzafyasa teq!wa Le‘wa doyoxs- 
dafyasa géwasé, LE‘wa Oxsdmfyasa sélmmé, LESwa g‘Og‘igttyowasa 
wiiq iisé, wii, hé‘misa modsgemé q!anasa. Wii, li &x*@dxa mowéx- 
La xAlaétsa gawéq!ineme qa‘s mexEnoliselés laxa legwilé. Wii, 
hé'mis gil Ax‘étsdséda ts!éstala qa‘s k'lip!édés laixa doyoxsda- 
fyasa géwasé, qa‘s aaxLalés laxés Ingwilé. Wa, g:ilfmésé ts!ex‘i- 
