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they sing the great feasting-songs, and | all the members of the 25 
numaym of the host sit down together. After | singing, the mem- 
bers of the numaym of the host get up. | The young men go out of 
the house and take hold of the four house-dishes, | which they bring 
in. They put them down all heading to the rear of the feasting- 
house. || They take hold of each corner of a berry-box and pour | the 30 
viburnum-berries into the house-dishes. Then they go and | pour 
one box of berries into each of the house-dishes; and as soon as this 
has been done, | they take the small feasting-dishes and put them 
on the edge of the other berry-box. | They take a long-handled ladle 
and dip it into the berries. || When it is full, they empty it into each 35 
one of the small dishes; | and when the viburnum-berries are in 
them, they put the dishes on the floor, just behind the | house- 
dishes. Generally they do not touch two of the berry-boxes, | and 
they give large spoons to the chiefs of the guests who have been 
invited to eat viburnum-berries. | When the berries have been put 
into the small dishes, they pour much || oil over them. They take a 40 
long-handled ladle, dip it | into the oil, and fill it. Then they: pour 
the oil over the berries in the house-dish. | They also take one ladleful 
of oil, which they | pour into each of the house-dishes. After this 
has been done, | the speaker of the host stands up and speaks. || He 45 
asks the chiefs of all the tribes to take care | and to try to eat all the 
drnx‘itsa ‘walayalayo men‘lala q!smdmema. Wa, A‘mésé k!tisala 25 
‘naxweéeda ‘nE‘mémotasa t!elsrliixa tl!elsé. Wa, gilfmésé gwal 
denxelaxs laé q!waléx‘rlilé ‘ne‘mémotasa t!elscliixa t!else. Wi, 
lafmé hoqiiwelséda ha‘yal‘a, qa‘s li dadebrendxa mrweéxta leloqiilita, 
qa‘s g'axé mpx‘alitelas gwegwégEmala lax d6gwiwalilasa t!elst!aya- 
ts!éxé gdkwa. Wi, la dadanddxa t!rlyats!é, qa‘s li gitqdsasa 30 
t!nlsé lixa foqtlilé. Wa, lax'da‘x"*mé ‘nilfnemsgrm t!rlyats!é 
giiqidzpmas lixa ‘nalneméxta teloqtilita. Wi, gil‘mésé gwalnxs 
laé Sx‘édxa Inlégtimé qa‘s li hing'agents lixa wadkwe t!ét!nl- 
yats!i. Wi, li ix‘étse°weda tséxia, qa‘s li tséstand lixa t!xlsé. 
Wa, Ja ‘nal*neméxta qoqiit!a laxa ‘nalneméxza Irlogiima. 35 
Wai, gilfmésé 1a t!elts!flaxa t!rlsaxs laé mex‘alitmlayo lax aalilasa 
forlqilité. Wa, la hémenalarm k:!és Labalaxa ma‘itsemé t!ét!elya- 
ts!i, qa‘s tléqtilalxa gig-ngima‘yasés tlelsélagilaxa t!elsé. Wa, 
gil'mésé ‘wiwelts!ewakwéda Inlogtimaxs laé k!ting!mqasa q !énemé 
Liéna lag. Wa, li &x‘édex-da‘xxa ‘wilasé tséxta, qa‘s tséx“‘idés 40 
lixa Lléna, qa qodt!éséxs laé giiq!eqas laxa loqililts!ila t!elsa. 
Wa, laemxaé ‘nal*neméxtéda tséxta qodqtit!a laxa L!énixs laé 
giiq!rgem laixa ‘nalfneméxta foqiilila. Wa, gil‘mésé gwalexs laé 
Laxtlité elkwiisa t!lelst!ayasaxa t!elsé, qa‘s yaq!rg‘a‘lé. Wa, lapm 
‘néx’ qa wég’és yaL!ewila gig egima‘yasa ‘wi'welsgemakwe lelqwa- 45 
