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26 his numaym at once go out, but | he never takes the ladle, and the 
one who handles the ladles | returns with it. Then he tells his 
numaym to take care not | to let their fire be put out by the fire of the 
rival chief; and while he says this, he pours into the fire | the oil 
(that was to have been drunk); and then he says to the fire, “ Now, || 
30 spirit of the fire, open your mouth, son, so that you get enough to 
eat!” | 
Then those who went out to get the blankets come in, | and then 
the members of the numaym of the rival chief each takes hold of 
an end of the | blankets and spread them over the fire of the host. | 
35 Now they put it out, and then the host goes and takes more |j salal- 
berries and crabapples, and the copper which his daughter was car- 
rying | when she was dancing, and he pushes it under the feast-fire. | 
At the same time the four young men who handle the ladles dip them 
into the oil; and when they are | full, they pour the oil into the 
fire; | and then those who try to put out the fire run away on account 
40 of the heat, for | the oil and the blankets are burning together; and 
then | the host takes the oil and pours it among his rivals. | 
Nolis, who died some time ago at Alert Bay, tried to put out the 
fire with seven canoes, | and he had the oil poured on his face by the 
great host of the Lawéts!és. Besides, | he put on four hundred 
45 blankets. The house was nearly || burned. All the roof-boards were 
26 héwixa dadalaxa L!énats lla tséxta. Wii, d*méséda tsatséxsileleisé 
gaix aédaaqas. Wii, la‘me hatyan!olaxés ‘ne‘mémoté, qa k !ésés 
k'lilxidé Ingwilasés gigimatye. Atme ‘nékixs laé giixientsa 
Liéna lixa Ingwile. Wii, hémis la ‘nég-atséxa legwile: “ Wai, 
30 k!wax'Lali, iqalala, wisi, qa‘s poLelads.” 
Wii, gax'me hogwiterléda lax'dé gemxaxa p!elxElasgemé. Wii, 
héx'idatmésé g‘ag‘alap!@ ‘ne*mémotasa g‘@qemx"idé dadenxaxa 
p!elxtlasgrmé, qa‘s lii Leptalas lixa k!wélasdmema Ingwita. Wai, 
lagm kfilxaq. Wii, hé‘mis la Ax‘édaatsa k!wélasasa mialaqeli 
35 tleqa LE‘wa tsElx"stiixa Llaqwa, yix daax'diisés xtnokwaxs 
ewaxex'dé yixwa, qa‘s Layabddés lixés k!wélasdema lngwila; wi, 
lida mokwé tsétsaxsilelgis ts¢xid laxa Lléfna. Wii, li ‘naxwa 
qoqtit!axs laé ‘nemax“id giixvents laxa k!welasdema legwita. 
Wa, hé‘mis la yawas‘id bawatsa klilxixa Llesaliisa legwilé, qaxs 
40 laé x‘ixtaqtiwéda L!éna Le‘wa p!elxplasgemé. Wi, hé‘mis la 
giiqrlgendaatsa k!wélasé gigimésa 1!ena laxés hityote. 
Yix Nolisdé lax ‘yilisé laé klilxasa SLebots!aqé xwaxwik!tnaxs 
laé gtiqemtsdsa L!éniisa ‘walasé k!wélatsa Lawéts!ésé. Wii, hé- 
‘misa mop!enyag’é p!elxrlasgeEma; wii hé‘misa g’Okwax hialsela- 
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45 ‘maé k'!és ‘naxwarm xtimt!édés siila. Wa, hé*men dogtl fla k-til- 
