boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 245 
off, she takes old eel-grass, and puts it around || the red-hot 65 
stones; and she plucks off | broad-leaved grass, and throws it 
over the | hot stones. As soon as they are covered, she takes the | 
stomach and puts it on the stones. Then she takes the head and | 
puts it on the stones, close to the old eel-grass, inside of it. || As soon as 70 
this is done, she takes the fins that have not been roasted and | puts 
them on also, and also some of the rough-edge and of the | backbone, 
which she puts on ‘also, and also the tail and the | apron-part. As 
soon as it is all on, she takes her mats and | spreads them down to 
one side of what she is steaming. Then she takes a || bucket with 75 
water and pours it over what she is steaming. | After she has finished 
pouring the water, she takes the mats and covers it | with them, so 
that the steam cannot come through. After she has done so, | she 
takes her fish-basket and picks up the guts of the | halibut, and the 
liver and the slime. After she has it all, || she carries it down to the 80 
beach, and she throws it into the sea. | Then she washes out her fish- 
basket, so that all the slime comes off | from it; and then she goes 
up the beach, takes the pieces cut off from one side of the halibut, 
and | scrapes off the blood. After she has done so, she spreads them 
out | on the beach, so that they are not one on top of the other, but 
very close together || at the edges. Then she covers them over with 85 
a mat, for it is not | good if they are split while they are still fresh. 
la’xa fwi’‘stiisa x i/x‘ixseEmala t!é’sema. WA, 1a’xaa k!t’Ix‘fid 65 
la’xa awa’dzoxLo k:!é’t!ema qa‘s texa’lodalés lax 6’ktya‘yasa 
ts!n/Iqwa t!é’sema. Wai, gi/lfmésé ha‘melxa’laxs la’é 4x‘é’dxa 
mo’qitila qa‘s &x‘a’lodalés. W4A, la’xaa ix‘é’dxa ma’légmEmand qa‘s 
ixalodalés la’xa ma’k‘ala la’xa ts!a’ts!ssmoté lax d’ts!Awis. Wa, 
@il'mésé ‘wilaxs la’é &x‘é’d la’xa k'!@’sé L!6’p!étsds peta’ qa‘s 70 
lé’xat! ax‘a’lots liq. Wa, hé’*misa wad’kwé q!wa’q!tinxatya LESwa 
him6’mod qa‘s lé’xat! ax‘a/lodalaq, LO‘ma dr’mp!axsda‘yé, Lefwa 
tsi’p !éts!atye. Wa, gi’lsmésé ‘witlaxs la’é ix‘e’dxés 1é’Elfwa‘yé qa‘s 
Lé’Lep!a’liséq lax ma’g*inwalisasés nekaé’spwe. Wai, la ax‘é’dxa 
‘wa’brts!ala na’gats!a qa dza’dzp_nyi’ndés la’xés nek’a’/spwe. Wai, 75 
gi/l'mésé gwa’t dza’saqéxs la’é ax‘é/dxa lé’Ewa‘tyé qa‘s na’s‘idés 
laq qa k:!e’sé k-u’x*sfléda k'!a/tela lig. Wa, g'i/l'mésé gwa’lexs 
la’é &x6’dxés k:!6’gwats!é Ipxafya qa‘s 1é ments!a/lasa ts!Eyi’masa 
pla“yé Letwa dewa’na Lefwa k-!é/la. Wa, g‘i’lfmésé ‘witlaxs la’é 
k:!0’qtints!é’sElaq la’xa L!ematisé qa‘s lé qupstn’ndxEq la’xa dE’msx’é. 80 
Wi, la ts!0’x‘widxés k'!0’gwats!é lexa’‘ya qa ‘witlowésa k!é’la 
la’qéxs la’e 10’sdésa qa‘s 1é &x‘é’dxés Apso’délé xwa’Leée p!a’/tya qa‘s 
keé’xaléxa E’Ikwa. Wai, gi/lfmésé gwa’Imxs la’é gwél‘ali’srlaq 
la’xa Llema‘isé qa k:!é’sés haqewinek‘ata. Wa, la’La memk-a’- 
fafmé €we’nxa‘yas. Wa, la na’kiiyintsa lé*wa‘yé laq, qaxs k'ié’saé 85 
ék lax t!n’Isase‘waxs hé’*maé a’lés ge’te. Wa, hé’mis la’gvilas 
