Boas] HUNTING, FISHING, AND FOOD-GATHERING 185 
For four days it is left in the water. || After it has been in the water 
for four days, the herrings have finished spawning. | Then the man 
takes his canoe and washes it out. | When it is clean, he goes out to 
where the hemlock is in the water. | He unties the rope, and puts the 
hemlock with the spawn on it | into the canoe. |; 
Catching Devil-Fish.—There is no hook at the end of the long pole | 
for fishing devil-fish, for the only end with which they spear the devil- 
fish is the thin end.'| When the man who fishes for devil-fish in deep 
water | feels for it in its hole, for || that is the name of the stone house 
of the devil fish, he feels for its | body and he strikes for the hard 
part. | He makes a thrust at it twice. Then he pulls out the pole 
and | puts it into his small fishing-canoe. | Then it does not take long 
before the devil-fish comes out of its hole; and he takes || his long 
spear and spears it, lifts it up, | and puts it into the small canoe. 
Immediately | he takes out the intestines. He never strikes it on 
the rock to kill it, | for he wishes (it to be hard).? 
Gathering Seaweed.—When a woman goes to gather || seaweed at a 
place where there are nice smooth stones, she plucks it off | when the 
rock on which it is is wet. When the sun shines, she just | peels it off 
from the rock when it is dry all over. Then she puts it into her | 
Wa, la mo » inaeeres ‘na’lis hé gwé /wiila la’xa dp’msx’é. Wa 
g'i/Fmésé mo’xsé ‘na’liis t!éwilaxs la’é gwalt wa’séda wa’‘na‘yé. 
Wa, lé’da brewinrmé &x‘é’dxés xwa’k!tina qa‘s ts!0’xtigindéq. 
Wa, gi/lfmésé é’cig'axs la’é L!a’sta lax &xA’lasasés t!e’yo. Was, la 
qwe'lidxa denn’mé qa‘s 4x‘a/texsrléxa q!wa’xé la an‘a’ndExvila 
la’xés xwa’k!tina. 
Catching Devil-Fish.—_ WA, larm k°!e4s galbala yixéda giltagawa‘yé 
nédzayaxa teq!wa’ qaxs léx‘amaé sé’qrlaxa teq!we’da wi tbafyasa 
giltagawa‘yé. Wa, hé’*maaxs la’é p!e’xwareléda nanésamEnsiixa 
fq wa’ xs k!waé’laé la’xés g'o’kwé t!é’spma laxés tegwa’ts!é qaxs 
hé’‘maé Lé’gEmsa g° aieent teq!wa’ t!é’sema. Wa, li p!é’x‘widxa 
ba’k‘awafyasa teq!wa’. Wi, héxida‘mésé !enx‘édxa p!é’sa. 
Wi, matp!ena‘mésé L!enx‘édqéxs la’é 1é’x‘widxés nanésameEndza- 
yowé qa‘s kat!&’Imxsés 1&’xés nanésamendza’ts!@ xwa’xwagtima. 
Wa, k !ést!a gii’/laxs g-i’xaé@ mO’Its!4wéda teq!wa’, wi, la da’x~‘id- 
xa gf/It!a nané’samendzayo qa‘s sEx“i’déq. Wa, lé k!wé’t!a- 
trxsaq 1a’xés nanésamendza’ts!@ xwa’xwagiima. Wii, hé’x-‘ida- 
‘mésé la’widdex bé’x'bék'!as. Wa, lafmé hewixazm k°!é’lax“‘ideq 
qaxs ‘ne’kaé (qa p!é’sés). 
Gathering Seaweed.—Wa, hé/*maaxs la’éda ts!nda’qé beqa’xa 
teq!este/né 1a’xa é’k@ ‘nema’a t!@’sEma. WéA, la k!ii/Igilalaq yixs 
k!i/nq!a@ Axa’sas. Wi, gi/l'mésé L!é’sasdsa L!é’sElixs la’é 4’—m 
qtisplalaq la’xa t!@’semaxs la’é lemle’/mxitya qa‘s Axts!4’lés 1a’xés 
fwa’lasé lexa’ya. Wa, gt meése qo’t !eda lexa’yaxs la’ é gtxfalexs 
1 See figure on p. 152, 2 The end of this description is missing. 
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