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on the body, face, and || head of the child, and she does not stop until 
the | child is covered with fish-oil. Then she takes a well-rubbed, 
split, medium- | sized (piece of) kelp, covers it with the oil of the 
silver-perch, and after | this is done she puts it around the head of 
the child just above the | ears. The piece of kelp goes four times 
around the head. || It is two finger-widths wide. | After this has 
been done, she takes the cradle and puts it down in front of her. | 
Cradling the Child.—She takes a well-prepared soft | skin of the 
kid of a mountain-goat and spreads it out behind her. She puts | the 
child on it. Then she takes well-twisted, thin, | long, cedar-withes, 
and places them lengthwise on the cradle; and the husband of the || 
woman who has given birth to the child takes 
his drill, and drills a hole one | span away 
from the head of the cradle, | in this way: | 
and when the hole goes through, he drills another hole | four finger- 
widths away from the first one that he | drilled; and he continues 
drilling holes four finger-widths apart towards the || foot-end of the 
cradle along its side; and after he has drilled these holes, he takes | a 
narrow strip of deer-skin and pushes it through the first hole, and 
places | the end of the long cedar-withe along with it. He sews on 
(the cedar-withe) | firmly. After he has done so, he takes another 
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fwatwade. Wa, gilfmésé gwala laé ix‘édxa xaap!é qa‘s k-ag-alilé: 
laxés 1 !asalilé, ’ 
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k!tits!6x qa®néxé qafs Lep!alités lixés atatyé. Wii, la q!edzolitasa 
ginanemeé laq. Wa, li &xsédxa aék'!aakwé selbek® wiswilen gils- 
gilt!a deweéxa qa‘s katiigendés laxa xaip!e. Wa, li la‘winemasa 
mayora ts!ediq uxédxés selemé qa‘s selx‘sodéxa ‘nemp!enk‘é 
laxens q !waq!wax'ts!anatyé g:igitela lax Oxta*yasa xaap!é g'a gwii- 
lég'a (fig.). Wa, gilfmésé Jaxsiwé selatyas laé ét!éd sElx“idxa 
modené laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anafyéx fwalagilaasas LO® gilx-dé 
sElés. Wai, lii hanal stlaxa mémodenas iwalagilaas gwe‘yolela lax 
oxsda‘yasa xaap!é lax dgwiigatyas. Wa, g'ilfmesé gwal selaxs laé ix- 
fedxa ts!éq!adzo k: !elxiwakwa qa‘s néx'sodés lax (1). Wa, la k-a- 
tlaLelots Gbafyasa g'ilt!a wil selbek" dewex laqgéxs laé t!emg*aaLElots 
aklas. Wa, gvilfmesé gwala laé étléd ix‘edxa ogtifla ts!éqladzo 
