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painting on the faces of the mother and father; that is, two bands 
running across the eyes, || one beginning at the end of the eyebrows 
and passing the ends of the | eyes to the lower end of the cheeks, the 
other across the | middle of the eyes down to the lower end of the 
cheeks.! | After this has been done, she puts the children into the 
cradles; | and the woman who has had twins before comes back 
every four days to || untie the head-bands of the twin-children, and | 
to oil with perch-oil their heads and bodies. | This continues for four 
months. | 
After four months she stops putting the head-bands around the | 
heads of the twin-children. All the time || the faces of the children 
and of their parents are painted with ochre, until the twin-children 
are ten months old. | Mostly the | children continue painting with 
ochre even when they are grown up. | That is all about this. | 
I did not talk about this. When the woman who has had twins || 
first puts the twin-children into the cradles with the notched | head- 
boards, when they are four days old, another person who has had 
twin-children, a man, | is called to come and sit down, and the | 
numaym of the father of the (new-born) twin children is called to | 
come into his house. When they are all inside, || the chief of the 
numaym of the father of the (new-born) twins speaks, | and says: | 
mok". Wii, lafmé ‘nemax‘isé gtimsatyas. Wa, héemxaawisé gwiila 
giimsa‘yasa ibempas LE‘wis Ompé, yixs LALEXstdlaaxa maémalts!aqé 
gigitplaxa ‘nemts!aqé gtims lax dbafyas apnas la ‘wabendalax 
eryagesas lag'aa lax benbafyas Awodzatyas. Wa, la nexsemdalaxa 
‘nemts!aqé giimsé lax gefyagesas g’ax‘aLEla lax benba‘yas awo- 
dzatyasg'a gwiilég'a.! Wa, gilfmésé gwatexs laé xaapts!ots. Wai, 
hémenala gaxéda vilewilayag: ole tsledagxa mop!Enxwassé qa‘s 
qwelodéx qex'sEmatyas x‘Omsasa L'aL!eL!eyadzatyé ging inanema 
qa‘s q!els‘idésa dzek!wésé lax xix'Omsas LEfwis GOk!winatye. Wai, 
li mosgemg’ilaxa ‘mektila hé gwéegilé. 
Wa, gilmésé modsgemg'ilaxa ‘mekilixs laé gwat qrx'semala 
x‘omsasa Llan!eL!pyadzatyé. Wi, lara hémenalarm gtimsaso‘sa 
gigiim’yEmé Lewis gwigadnokwe lag'aa laqéxs laé hélogwilaxa 
LianleL!pyadzatyé g‘inginanema. Wii, ‘nalfnemp!ena hémena- 
lama g‘ing‘inanemé gtimsasa gtigtimSyemaxs wax’*maé la q !tilsq !il- 
yakwa. Wa, larm gwal liixeq. 
Wa, len k-lés gwagwéx'sex"id laqéxs giilfmaé gwala yikwilaya- 
dle ts!edaq xaapts!otsa yikwitlemé ging'inanem lixa qéqexrg'r- 
yowé xéxaap!laxs laé moxsékilaxs laé Lé‘lilase*weda dgiifla yikwi- 
layag’olé begwainrma qa gaxés k!waéla. Wa, la ‘witla Lélalasr- 
‘we ‘nbf‘mémotasa Ompasa yikwitlemé L!aL!EL!pyadzafya qa gaxés 
ewiflaéLela lax g'Okwas. Wii, gilfmésé ‘witlaéLexs laé yiq!ng-a‘lé 
‘igimafyasa ‘ne*mémotasa yikwilé begwankma. Wii, la‘mé ‘nék‘a: 
1 On each side of the face one vertical line running from the outer end of the eyebrows, and one from 
the middle of the eyebrows down to the level of the mouth. 
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