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244 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [WLH, ANN. 35 
As soon as the ribs are off, || the woman takes cedar-bark and ties the 
tail-ends of | both sides of the ribs of the backbone together, (in 
this manner:) Then she carries them | up and hangs 
them just over the fireplace of the house. She | takes 
her roasting- tongs and takes them down to where the 
fins are. | She takes them at once, and puts four fins 
in one pair of || ‘ roasting-tongs. She ties the roasting- 
tongs on top with cedar-bark. | Then she takes thin split cedar- 
wood, and puts it over each side, (in this manner:) | 
As soon as she has done so, she gathers driftwood on Ly 
the beach, | and makes a fire; and when the fire that Qhro}fad 
she has made blazes up, she | picks up stones and puts “Shy 
them on the fire that she has made. As soon as || there Ip 
are enough on it, she takes the fins in the roasting- QE=}-4p 
tongs and | puts them up by its side. Then she gathers 
the backbones | while the tail is still attached to them; and she takes 
the | stomachs and puts them down on the beach, not far from the 
stones in the fire. | Then she also takes mats and puts them down 
there also with her || tongs, and also a bucketful of water. As soon | 
as the fins are roasted, she takes them away from the stones on the 
fire; | and when the stones are red-hot, she takes her | tongs and 
with them takes off the wood that is left on the fire. | When it is all 
x‘f’/lixs la’é &x‘é’déda ts!mda’qaxa dena’sé qa‘s ya’Lodé 0’xsda‘yasa 
wa’x'sot !mna‘yé x‘i’lasa himo’ma qa‘s ya’Lodeéx (fig.). Wa, la da’laq 
qa‘s lé gé’x*waLr’lots lax ‘nrqd’stawas legwi’lasés g'6’kwé. Wa, la 
ax‘é/dxés L!d’psayowé qa‘s 1é In/nts!és lax &xa/sasés peta’. Wa, 
hé’x*‘ida‘mésé 4x*6’drq qa‘s axts!o’désa m6’we pELa’ la’xa ‘nk/mé 
L!d’/psaya. Wii, la klilg'mtotsa dmna’sé laxa L!0’psayowe. Wi, 
la &x*é/dxa x6’kwé wi’swel k!waxia’*wa qa‘s k'!aa’t!édés laq (jig.). 
Wa gi/lmésé gwa’lexs la’é q!ap!é’x‘idxa q!é’xalé la’xa L!ema*‘isé 
qa’s Inxwa/lisé. Wa, g'i’/fmésé x‘i’qdstawé Imqwe’la‘yaséxs la’é 
x0/x‘widxa t!é’spmé qa‘s xEx"La'lés la’xa leqwe’latyas. Wai, g‘i’l- 
‘mésé hée/ia lax na’qatyaséxs la’é ax%é’dxa L!d0’pts!ala pELa’ qa‘s 
lé 1a/nolisas laq. Wa, la‘mé’sé q!ap!é’x‘idxa himd’mod, yixs hé’- 
‘maé a/tés Axa’lé de’mplaxsdafyas liq. Wa, la’xaa 4x‘é’dxa 
mo’qtila qa g’a’xés g'aé’s laxa k'!és qwe’sala la’xa t!é’qwapa‘ye. 
Wa, la’xaa .4x‘@’dxa le’nlfwatyé qa‘s g'a’é ax‘a’lisaq LEfwis 
k'lipra’la; wi, hé’*misa na’gats!é la qo’t!laxa ‘wa’pé. Wa, gi’l- 
emésé L!d’pa pELa’xs la’é axse’ndeq la’xés t!8’qwapatye. Wa, 
ej/lf'mésé ‘na’xwa la x‘i’x‘ixsemx“‘idéda 1!é’semaxs la’é &x‘e’dxés 
klipna’la qa‘s k-lipsa’lés la’xa x‘ixiqlayawafyasa gt’Ita. Wa, 
gi/lsmésé ‘witlaxs la’é &x*e’dxa ts!a’ts!esmoté qa‘s bexsé‘sta’lés 
