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widths | long. When he finishes what he is making, he takes 
twisted | sinew of the black bear and the afterbirth, in the evening, 
and he pushes || the point of the yew peg into its hollow end, where 
the | umbilical cord has been cut off. When it is three | finger- 
widths in, he takes the | twisted sinew and ties it on. He ties the 
end of the | afterbirth around the end of the thing that has been 
pushed in and that is like a needle of yew-wood in | the hollow 
end of the afterbirth. He ties it as firmly as possible, | and it is 
in this way: | 
When this is done, he takes an old mat and | wraps 
it around it. Late at night, when everybody is 
asleep | in the village, the man himself takes the 
clam-digging stick || and the afterbirth that has been tied up; and 
he digs a hole at a place where | all the men walk on the street. 
He | just wishes the old mat containing the afterbirth to fit into 
the | hole that he digs, and he puts it into it. He wants it to be 
one span | deep under the surface of the soil. || Then he covers it up 
and levels down the | soil. He takes a bucket with water and pours 
it | over it, so that it can not be seen that the soil has been moved. 
When this has been done, | he goes home. | 
q!enayowé. Wi, li moddrn laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘fyéx, yix 
‘wasgemasas. Wi, gil'mése gwale axa‘yaséxs laé Ax‘édxa medE- 
kwé at!emsa L!a°yé Le‘wa maénéxa la dzaqwa. Wi, li LenLE- 
q!pqas éx'bafyasa Llemq!é lax kwax"ba‘yas g’ax’saasas t!dts!en- 
da‘yé lixa ts!myOxnatyé. Wa, gil‘mésé la ytdux"den laxens 
q!waq!wax'ts!anafyéx yixa lalaéltsa L!emq!iixs laé ix‘édxa médE- 
kwe at!ema qa yilfaLelodés. Wa, la‘mé yaLots lax dbatyasa 
maénaxs laé LlengeLElé dbatyasa hé gwéx's q!ena‘yo L!emq!a lax 
lolp !pgE*yasa maéné. Wii, la‘mé falak!iit!aqéxs laé yilfarelodmq 
ga gw iileg a (fig.). 
W: i, gilfmese gwalexs laé ax‘édxa k-!ak’!obana, qa’s q !enép- 
srmdés ‘ia: Wii, gilfmésé giila la gaindrexs laé ‘naxwa méx‘é- 
déda g'dkiiliixs laé xamax“‘ida‘méda begwanemé Ax‘édxa k:lilakwé 
LE‘wa q!enépsemala maénaxs laé qas‘ida, qa‘s li ‘laplida laxa 
hémenala‘mé qiyatsa naixwa bébregwankmaxa t!ex‘ila. Wi, la‘mé 
ipm ‘nex’ qa héldzeqrlésa k !ak'!lobanasgemala maéné laxés 
‘lipa‘yaxs laé ixbetents lag. Wi, la‘mé &em ‘néx: qa ‘nemp!en- 
gikrliséxa dzeqwa lixens q!waq!wax'ts!ina‘yéx yix ‘walabrtel- 
dzasas; yixs laeé dzemégendeq. Wa, gvilfmesé la ‘nemik-iléda 
dzeqwiixs laé ix‘édxa ‘wabrts!ila nagats!i, qaxs lii gtqrlsrlas 
liq qa k'!ésés iwtlx'ns yawénkwa dzeqwa. Wii, gilfmésé gwalexs, 
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gixaé nifnakwa laxés g-okwe. 
