Boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 237 
down | to four finger-widths above the tail. A little | meat is left 27 
on the backbone. The meat on the green salmon is thick. | Then 
she takes split-cedar sticks and || spreads (the green salmon) as she 30 
does the dried green salmon. As soon as | she has spread it, she 
hangs it up in the smoke of the fire of her | house. Sometimes it 
hangs there one day; | then it is half dried. As soon as it is half 
dried, the woman takes it down | and looks for a mixture of sand and 
clay on the || bank of the river; and as soon as it is dry, she digs it 35 
out; | and when she has dug two spans deep into the ground, | she 
spreads out one of the quarter-dried green salmon in it; then | she 
takes grass and puts it over it; then she strews a | handful of dirt 
(sand and clay mixed) over it. As soon as it is covered with || dirt, 40 
she takes another green salmon and | spreads it out in the hole; then 
she puts grass | over it, and she again puts dirt on it. | Sometimes 
one woman puts a hundred in | one hole. Then she covers it above 
with dirt, || and much grass is put under it; | and it is still there 45 
when winter arrives. | 
Spawn of Silver-Salmon.—Now I shall talk about the | spawn of the | 
silver-salmon and of the sockeye-salmon caught by trolling; for they 
are alike, | and their spawn is small. When | the woman cuts what 
la’xa m6’dené lax 6’klafyas ts!a’snafya. Wa, lan’m la ho’laté 27 
q!e’mindza‘tyas q!o’q!ityas. Wa, la wa’kwe q!emledza’‘yasa 
k'!0’loxwé. Wi, la‘mé’sé &x‘é’dxa x0’kwé k!waxLa’'wa qa‘s 
qxt !e’déq lax gwii’laas‘masa Inmd’kweé k:!0‘loxwa. Wa, g‘i/l'mésé 30 
gwal qrta’qéxs la’é gé’xtwideq la’xa kwa/x‘iliisa Ingwi’lasés 
go/kwe. Wiis, la ‘na’Knemp!ena ‘ne/mxsa‘mé ‘na’lis gé’x‘tilacelaxs 
la’e k-la’yax‘wida. Wa, g°i/l'mésé k:!a’yax‘widexs la’e ixa’xddéda 
ts!mda’qaq qa‘s lé a’lex*‘idxa na’xsaap!é LOS é’g'isé LO® L!é’q!é lax 
o’gwiigafyasa wa. Wa, la g‘i’l'em le’mxwaxs la’é ‘lap!é’deq; wi, 35 
gi’fmésé matp!enx'bete’Isela la’xa &‘wi/nak!isé ‘la’payfaséxs la’é 
LEpbetw’Isasa ‘ne’mé dzé‘lé‘lak® k'!d’lox" lag. Wiéa, la‘mé’s axé- 
é’dxa k'!é’t!mmé qa‘s axdzo’dés la’qéxs la’e xaL!ex~‘i’d k-!a’dzdtsa 
go/xsEmaufyaakwe dzEeqwa lag. Wa, gii’l‘mésé hamelg-tdzd/‘ya 
dzeqwa’ la’qéxs la’é @/t!éd &x°’dxa ‘nk/mé k-!0/loxwa qa‘s 40 
LEbegi/ndés lag. Wa, lan’mxaa’wis ax‘aldzd’tsa  k:!é’t!emé 
laq. Wai, laz’mxaa’wise k'!adzdtsa dzEqwa’ liq. Wa, la ‘nal- 
‘nemp!ena 1a’k !indéda hé gwi’la &xésa ‘nemod’kwé ts!nda’q 1a’xa 
‘nemts!eq!mse ‘la’patya. Wi, la aé/kla ts!emé’g-intsa dzEqwa’ 
la’qéxs la’é q!é’nema k'!é’t!smé la axa’bewés. Wa, lan’m 45 
hé’x'sirm lé 1a’g'aa la’xa la ts!iwii/nxa. 
Spawn of Silver-Salmon.— Wa, la‘mé’sen gwa’gwéx’s‘alal la’xa 1 
gé/nisa do’gwinété dzaSwit/’na LEfwa melé’ké, yixs ‘nema’x‘is- 
f‘maaxs hé’*maé a/lés &’m*npmace ge’*nis. Wa, hé’*maaxs la/é 
