Boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 239 
cut by his wife; and the || woman hangs up what she has cut, and it 2; 
is dried by the | sun and the wind. It is left hanging there with 
cross-sticks | of broken cedar in the tails, which | cross over the two 
drying-poles. It is left there for a long time, so that it becomes really 
dry. | When it begins to be dry, it is named ‘sun-dried salmon.” | 
When it begins to be really dry, the woman | takes it down and takes 
off the cross-pieces of cedar-wood from the tails. As soon | as they 
are all off, she gathers them, and takes them into her | house. She 
takes a box and tilts it over by the side of the | fire; and soon it 
becomes warm, and then it becomes dry inside. After it is || quite 
dry inside, she puts it down on the floor of the house not far from the | 
fire, so that it is heated by the heat of the fire. Then she | takes the 
sun-dried salmon and puts it away well in it. After | she has done 
so, she puts the cover on the box containing the sun-dried salmon. | 
Then the cover is tied down with cedar-bark rope. || Then she 
finishes it. | 
Old Sockeye-Salmon.—I will again talk about ugly sockeye- 
salmon. | When a man has caught many ugly sockeye-salmon, his 
wife | makes sun-dried salmon of some of them. Others she splits 
in two; | and when she gets tired of cutting sun-dried salmon, || she 
just splits the others in two. She just cuts off | the heads of the 
wiseda ts!eda’qé la So Ae xwa’La® ue Wi, lamm 1!é’sasdsa 
Lié’sEla LEfwa ya’la. Wa, la‘més héx'si’em ge’xwalé gé’gn‘yaxs- 
dalaxa k-d’grkwe k!waxia’wa. Wa, hémisa gayo ‘spla la’xa 
ga’yo ma“Its!aqa. Wa, la gi oom hé gwi'lé qa A’lak'!alés lemx- 
‘wida. Wa, gi’fmésé Ip/mx‘widexs ibe é Le’gadEs ta pattelale: 
Wa, gi/lsmésé la A’/lak!ala le’mx‘widexs la/éda ts!eda’qe Axa’-: 
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xodrq qa‘s lawa’léxa gégrtyaxsdE‘yas k!waxLa’wa. Wa, g't’l- 
‘mésé ‘wilé’masqéxs la’é q!ap!éx‘‘ideq qa‘s 16 mpwé’Las 1la’xés 
go/kwe. Wa, la &x‘e’dxa xitsE’mé qa‘s qdgtindliséq 1a’xés tn- 
ewi'lé qa‘s pEx’ts!0’déq qa In’/mx‘walts!axidés. Wa, g‘t/mése 
The’ mx‘walts!ix‘idexs la’é ha’ng‘alitas la’xa k !é’sé qwé’sata 1a’xés ; 
Ingwi'té qa Lie’salase‘wésés Llésaliisa Imgwi’lé. Wii, latmé’sé 
ix‘é’dxa ta’yalts!ala qa‘s lé aé’k-!a ha’nts Iélas lag. Wa, gt’l'mésé 
gwa'lexs la’é yikttyi‘nts yiktya‘yasa ta’yalts!alaats!é x&tse’ma. 
Wii, la‘mésé t!emak-iyi/nts t!ema’k: lye afyasxa dEnse/né denn’m laq. 
Wai, lan’m gwal la’xeéq. 
Old Sockeye-Salmon.— Wii, hé’remxann gwa’gwex's‘alasia melo’lé, 
yixs gi/lfmaé q!nyd/Léda begwa’nemaxa melo’taxs la’é gene’mas 
a’yalts!alagilaxa wad/kwé. Wa, la q!wa’xségilaxa wad/kwé. 
Wa, hé’*maaxs la’é wid’Fida la’xés xwa’Lléna‘yaxa ta’yalts!ala. 
Wa, 4’*misé la q!wa’kilaxa wad’kwe. Wi, lan’m 4’pm la qak-a’- 
lax hé’x‘t!la‘yasa melo’lé. Wa, lar’mxaa’wisé xwa/Lodammxaax 
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