Boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD PT 
basket into which she puts the backbones is larger; it is called | 
“‘backbone-receptacle.’’ That is all about this." | 
Split Salmon.— When the | woman cuts open the dog-salmon, she 
takes off the gills of the | dog-salmon, and then she cuts open and 
takes off its head, and she | cuts open the back on the upper side of 
the back fin. || The meat on the backbone is not thick; and she cuts 
down | to the tail, and she breaks off the tail. Then she | puts 
down on the ground what has been cut. She takes the backbone and 
cuts off the | meat that was on it from the back of the salmon’s 
neck, and | she cuts down to four finger-widths from the place where 
she broke off the salmon’s || tail, Then the woman turns over what 
she is cutting, and | she cuts off the meat that was left on it; and 
when she reaches down | to the same distance that she has cut be- 
fore on the other side, she breaks off the | backbone and throws it 
away whenitis only bone. Thenitis thus: | Now the meat 
is divided at the ends, and a piece of the backbone || is 
at the upper end. This is called ‘‘tail-hold- ing-together.”’ 
As soon as the woman finishes this, | she hangs this, 
what is called ‘‘split-down,”’ on a frame made for the purpose, | 
outside of the house. When the weather is bad, she | hangs it 
up on the staging in the house. Now it is hanging in’ this man- 
‘walaséda Llabate, yix g*its!e*wasasa xak-ladzo. Wa, hérm Léga- 
des xak:!ladzats!é. Wa, larm gwal laxéq.! ; 
Split Salmon (Léqwaxa).— Wi,? hémaaxs laé xwakidéda ts!p- 
daqaxa gwa‘xnisé; wa, laem hérm g‘il ixdyosé q!dsnatyasa gwatx- 
nisé. Wi, lawisLa qax*‘ideq, qa lawiyés héx'tlatyas. Wa, la 
xwalfidex &‘wig'a‘yas ék:!ot!mndalax k-!idégatyas. Wa, latmés 
k !ésemxat! wigtidzatyé q!emlalisa q!oq!iiyo. Wai, la laxsdendarm 
laxa ts!asna‘yé. Wi, larm k-oqodEx ts!asnafyas. Wai, la‘mésé 
k lixelsaxa la widzekwa. Wi, la ax‘édxa q!oq!ityd qa‘s tlrlsodéx 
q!emlrdzpwex'dis g-éx‘id Jax Oxtaati‘yasa k-!otela. Wa, la 
lag'aa laxa modené g*ix‘‘id lax gx'saasas k‘dqdyox"dis lixa 
tslasnaf‘yé. Wa, la‘méséda ts!edaqé léx-‘idxés t!Elsasr‘we, Wi, 
lanm‘xaawisé t!Elsddex q!emizldznweéx'diis. Wa, g-ilfmése lagvaa 
lax ‘walagilasdisé xwaxa‘yé laxa aipsadzE‘yaxs laé k-dqodxa qo!- 
q!iyo qa‘s ts!ex‘idéxa la dem la xaqa. Wa, larm la g-a gwiiléo-a 
(fig.). Wa, lawm qexbida q!emlalé. Wa, hé‘mis q!oq!tiyowa 
ék: 'ebatyé. Wa, héem Legades k!wawaxsdé. Wa, g‘il‘méase ewa- 
texs laéda ts!ndage gex‘ints laxa hekwélaé qa gé*wasxa réqwaxa 
lax Liasand‘yasés g*okwé. Wa, gvil‘mésé ‘yax'se'mé ‘nalixs laé 
héem géxwask‘wa q!elile laxa gokwée. Wa, lag-a gwiilaxs laé 
! Continued in Publications of the Jesup North Pacifie Expedition, Vol. V, p. 435. 
2 Continued from ibid., p. 433. 
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