Boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 243 
puts them down. Then she cuts around the || skin, keeping close to 25 
the edge-fin. She only stops cutting when she | arrives at the end 
of the tail [salt-taste tail]. Then | she begins to cut from behind the 
head of the halibut, at the place where she first cut it. She | does 
the same on the other side. Then she cuts off the skin of the white 
side. | As soon as the skin is off, she cuts down along the middle 
of the || backbone of the halibut; and when she reaches the backbone, 30 
she again | cuts, beginning from the rough edge, cutting close to the | 
ribs, until she reaches the backbone. Then she takes off one side of 
the | halibut and puts it down, (in this manner:) 
Then she does the same also | on the other side. 
As soon as it is off, she turns it over and cuts 
off also || the skin of the black side. As soon as 
it is off, she cuts | also that side of the rough-edge, and goes on 
to the backbone. When she | reaches it again, she cuts down 
straight | to the backbone, and she puts it down with what came 
from the other side. | Then she does the same also to the 
other side that was still on. || As soon as all the meat of the 40 
halibut is off, she takes off the apron-side (spawn) | and puts it 
down. ‘Then she cuts off the head, and she | takes the rib of an elk 
and takes hold of the tail. Then she | 
lif ts the backbone of the halibut by the YW) oz 
tail and cuts off the ribs, | cutting them Tm, 
close to the backbone, (in this manner:) SS 
L!é’sé ma’kinxEndaélaxa q!wa’q!tinxatyé. Wi, a’lfmésé gwal xwa’- 25 
taxs la’e la’g'aa la’xa 6’xLatyasa dE/mp!axsdatyé. Wa, hé’em 
ga’oitlé o’xiaatatyasa p!ai’‘yé g‘i’/Ip!edasa xwa’Lafyas. Wa, la 
é’t!édxa apse’nxa‘yé. Wa, la sa’podxa ‘mela’dza‘yé Liésa. Wa, 
gilfmésé lawii’di L!é’saxs la’é ‘neqa’xod xwa’/lédex ‘nexEna/‘yas 
him6d’masa p!4’*yé. Wa, gil'mésé la’g-aa la’xa himd’maxs la’é é’t !@d 30 
xwa’lid gi’gEvela laxa q!wa’q!tinxatyé. Wa, laem ma’k-ildzoda- 
laxa x‘i’la qa‘s 1é wala la’xa himo’mod. Wa, la axd’dxa Apso’dedza- 
fyasa p!a/‘yé qa‘s ax‘a’lisés (fig.). Wii, la’xaa é@’t!éd hé gwé’x'fidxa 
ipse’nxa‘fyé. Wa, g‘i’l'mésé lawi’xs la’é 1é’x‘ilisaq qa‘s 6’gwaqé 
sapo’dxa ts!o’lats!a‘yé L!é’sa. Wii, g'i’l*mésé lawi’xs la’é xwa’lidex 35 
Aawii/nxa‘yasa q!wa’q!tinxa‘yé qa‘s la’laé la’xa himd’mo. Wa, g'i’l- 
‘eEmxaawisé la’g-aa 1a’qéxs la’é ‘neqa’xod xwa’lédEx ‘nExEna’‘ya- 
xaashimo’mo. Wa, la’xaa g‘i’g‘ilisas li’xés g'a’yanemé 1a’xa Apsa’- 
dzatyé. Wa, laxaa hé’em gwée’x‘‘idxa la 4x‘a’lateléda &psh’nxa‘yé. 
Wai, gi’l'mésé ‘witlowéda q!r’/mlalisa p!a’*yaxs la’é 4x0’dxa tsii’p!é- 40 
dzafyé qa‘®s ax‘a’liséq. Wa, la qak'o’dex ma/légrmanés. WA, la 
ix‘é’dxa gele’masa L!Ewe’lsé qa‘s da’x‘‘idéxa dr/mp!axsdatyé qa 
i/klaxsdalésa himd’masa p!A’fyaxs la’é kwexd’laxa x‘ila’. Wa, 
lan’m ma’g'ilenéxa himd’md (fig.). Wi, g’i’/l'mésé ‘witla la’wéda 
