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grows up, the baton | of a song-leader is taken, and a hole is made in 
the end with a thick drill. || The hole goes in deeply, sometimes three 
finger-widths | deep. When this has been done, they | fold up the 
navel-string lengthwise, and push it into the drill-hole | at the heavy 
end of the song-leader’s baton. They cut | a round plug of cedar- 
wood and drive it over the navel-string; and |/it goes in tightly, 
for they wish it to be held very firmly. | And after they have driven 
it in, they cut off the cedar-stick | so that it is even with the end of 
the baton. | 
There is another way of doing this. They let the boy sit | in the 
drum; and they ask the song-leader to beat the || drum, not too loud, 
while he is singing. He does not beat hard | on the drum when he is 
beating it. They do this four times to the | boy. | 
If it is desired to make him a salmon-fisherman or halibut-fisher- 
man, | they put the navel-string into the neck ring of a fisherman || 
who catches all kinds of fish; and the same is done with the halibut- 
fisherman; | he also puts the navel-string into his neck ring. | All 
the expert workmen wear the naval-strings of boys, | and wear them 
around their necks. | 
And they do the same with the navel-strings of girls. || There are 
two ways. They are worn around the wrist | by a mat-maker or 
babagumé qa‘s nigadés qo q!iilyax*widLo laé Axétsetwe t!emya- 
ydsa nagadé qass selbmntse*wesa LEkwé sElema. Wi, k!wibrta- 
emésé srlafya, yixs ‘nalfnemp!enaé yaidux"den laxens q!waq!wax'- 
tslanatyéx yix ‘walabrdasasa sela‘yé. Wa, gilfmésé gwatexs laé 
kloxtintse¢;weda ts!myOx"La‘tyé qafs wigwiLtemé laixa selatye lax 
LEX"bafyasa naxsa‘yasé t!emyaya. Wa, la k- !ax*witse*weéda k!wa'x- 
Lawé qa léx’*enés. Wa, la dégwég'ints laxa ts!kyox"Latye lax 
tek'plaénatyasa léxena k!watxLawa qaxs ‘nék'aé qa Alés lala. 
Wii, gilfmésé gwal déqwaqéxs laé k-!imtodex Oxtétyasa k!watxLawé 
qa alés ‘nemabala L0* Obatyasa t!emyayowe. 
Wii, gratmés ‘nemx‘‘idala gweég ilasg’ada yixs k!wats!oyaéxa baba- 
gumé laxa mE‘nats!e. Wa, li Axk: !alasetwéda nagadé qa mex‘Eléxa 
mertnats!ixs denxelaé k:!és hasela. Wa, laxaé k'!és éfltsilaxs 
mex'Elaaxa me‘nats!é. Wi, la mop!rna hé gwéxitse*wéda baba- 
gume. 
Wiix'é ‘néx'sd® qa‘s yilnek!wenoxwéxa k°!dtela Lefwa p!atyé, 
wi, la qenxddayowéda ts!eyox"Lafyé laxa yilnek!wenox" bregwa- 
nemxa ‘naxwa k!ok!ttrla. Wa, héemxaawisé gwiilaxa loq!wé- 
noxwaxa p!ityé, laemxaé qEnxalaxa ts!eyox"Latyé. Wa, la ‘na- 
xwarm liyowa ts!eyOx"Lafyasa babagumeé laxa ‘naxwa éeaxelaé- 
nox" bebrgwaneEm qa lis qéqrenxé laq. 
Wii, laxaé hérm gweg'ilase‘wé ts!kyOx"Latyasa tslitsladagemé, 
40 yixs mialaé liiliilasas: gwegilasaxa ts!eyOx"Latyas, yixs qex’ts!ana- 
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