246 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN. 85 
87 Therefore | they are only split the following day. After she has 
finished covering them, | she calls those who are walking about to 
come and sit down on the | beach. As.soon as they arrive, she takes 
90 off the covering of || what she is steaming. Then she spreads a mat 
on the beach, as a place on which to throw | the bones that are left 
over when they eat. As soon as the guests finish eating, | the woman 
watches that all the | guests throw on the mat the bones that are 
left over. | As soon as all the guests begin to eat, taking up their 
95 food || with their hands, while they are eating; and when they eat, | 
they throw all the bones that are left over, and the fat skin, | on the 
» matspread on the beach. After they have eaten, the | guests get up 
from the beach and go down and | wash their hands in the sea. 
100 When they have finished, they || all go home to their houses and 
drink water there; | and the woman scrapes off from the stones 
the rest of the food of her | guests, and puts it on the mat; and she 
puts the | rest of the food of her past guests on it, and she carries it 
down to the beach, | and she shakes it into the sea. Then she washes 
off || the mat, so that it is clean. After she finishes | washing it, she 
carries it back, and hangs it at the place where the | halibut is dried. 
After she finishes, she gathers the skins of the | halibut and takes 
them into her house to Bane them up | over the fire, so that they are 
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87 a a/leml Hin “lsnaolen ‘pai 'lise a Wi, e'Fmese gwal ‘na’xwaxs 
Ja’é ‘la/qiiigatixa giiyi’mgilsela qa ga/xés kitis‘a’lisula la’xa 
Liema‘isé. Wa, gii/lf'mésé g:a’xexs la’é lé’t!edxa niyi’masés 
90 nek'a’/sr’we. WA, la Lep!a’lisxa 1é’*watyé qa ts!mgudzo’dalatsa 
ha‘ma’paxés xa@/qésawa‘yé. Wa, gi/lfmésé gwa texs la’é hamx*- 
i/déda Lélanemé. Wa, lan’m q!a’q!alaléda ts!eda’qé qa ‘na/xwa- 
‘mésa k!we’lé ts!pgedzo’dalasés ha‘mo’té xaq la’xa lé:watye. Wa, 
go i/lsmeése himx“i’/dexs la’é ‘na’/xwafma Lé‘lanEmé xa/max'ts!a- 
5 nasés e‘eyasOwédas la’xés hatma’*yé. Wai, gi/l*mésé hamx“‘i’/dexs 
la’é ts!ngrdzo’dalasés x&’qésawa‘yé LE‘wa tsEnOxmo’dEmas L!és 
la’xa Lebé’sé léfwatya. Wa, gi/lmésé gwal ha‘ma’paxs la’/éda 
kiwe/lé qlwa’gilis qa‘s lé ho’q!iints!és la’xa tlematisé qa‘s 1é 
ts!n/nts!enx‘wid 1a’xa dn/msx'é. Wi, gi/lsmésé gwalexs la/é 
100 ‘na’xwa na’*nakwa 1a’xés gig’d’kwée qa‘s lé na’x‘idxa ‘wa’pé laq. 
Wai, la’Léda ts!eda’gé kéxa’lodxa k:!é’ts!ayawa‘tyé hi’mx'sE‘wésés 
Lelanemé qa‘s iaixdzo’dalés la’xa lé*watyé. La Axeé’gints lax 
ha‘m6/tdiisa Lé‘lanemx dé qa‘s lé q!mné’pents!ésrlaq la’xa L!ema‘isé 
qa's lé laaxstn’ndeq 1a’xa dE’msx’é. Wa, la_ ts!0’x*wtildzo- 
5 dammxa léwatyé qa é’gidzox*widés. Wa, g‘i’l*mésé gwal ts!o’- 
xwaqexs g’a’xaé da’laq qa‘s gaxé géx‘wa’lisaq la’xa gé’x"demiixa 
k-latwasé. Wa, gi’l'mesé gwa Iqéxs Ja’é qlap!é’x“idxa L!éL!é/sasa 
p!a’*yé qa‘s le 130’ Las 1a’xés g’d’kweé qa‘s lé gé’x*waLn’lots lax 
nEqo’stawasés legwi’lé qa L!é’sailase‘wesésa L!é’ salis. Wi, lan’m 
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