250 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN. 85 
76 the (halibut). Now she is | ready for the following day. As soon 
as day comes, the | woman goes down to the beach, to the place where 
she is going to cut the halibut; | and she sits down at the place where 
the cutting-board is already put up, in this manner: | 
Then she takes one-quarter of the halibut and puts it 6 
80 down on its back on the || cutting-board. The skin- 
side is next to the cutting-board, | and the side next \S 
to the ribs is upward. Then | she cuts it downward, in A 
this manner: She begins at the neck of the halibut, | and 
goes half way down the quarter towards the thin end. It 
is | thicker at one end, and its length is two spans of 
85 our || fingers and two finger-widths. Then she does | 
the same to the other quarter; and if one piece is cut 
too long, | she cuts it off and throws it into a basket 
which is made on purpose | for the unused cut-off pieces. When 
she has done so with the | other pieces at which she is working, 
90 she puts them on a mat spread out on the beach. Then || she takes 
one piece and puts it down on the cutting-board; for | all the hali- 
but is cut into long, square pieces.1 Then | she cuts them length- 
wise, going straight down the long thick pieces of halibut. She | 
cuts them, beginning at the thick end, going towards the thin end. | 
She stops cutting when they are half the width of a little finger | 
95 thick. Then she turns her knife down flat, and she cuts under | one 
76 lata qaé’da la’ La ‘na’ ae Wa, et! emesé- na’x‘idExs la! éda 
head qé In’/nts!és la’xa L!ema‘isé 14x &xa’sasés t!e’IsasoLé. Wa, 
la k!wa/g-alisa la’xa la gwa’lés Laé’sa t!rlé’dz6 ga gwii'lég'a (fig.). 
Wa, la ix*e’/dxa Spso’dels playa qa‘s neLedzd’dés la’xa t!nlé’- 
80 dzo. Wa, lan’m hé ma/k‘aléda &xa’sdiisa L!é’sé la’xa t!elé’dzo. 
Wa, la é’k ladza‘ya ma’k-atax'dé la’xa x‘t’la. Wa, la‘me’sé t!o’- 
saxodrq ga gwii’lég'a (fig.), g’g tela la’xa O’xawa‘yasa p!a’*yé 
la’g-aa 1a’xa “nEgo’ ya‘tyasa ipso dite la wi’swtilba. Wi, la LELE- 
kwé’da ipsba’tyas. Wa, la ma‘tp!n’nk@ SwA’sgrmasas 1i’xens 
85 q!wa’q!wax'ts!ana‘yé, hé*mé’sa ma‘ide’né. Wii, la’xaa hé’em 
gwe 'xidxa ipsex'sé la’xa 6’xsdp‘yé. Wa, gi’l*mésé g‘i’It lag-aaxs 
Jaé t!o’sodeq qa ts!pxts!0’désa q!é’g'aa la’xa lexa’*yé, hékwe’lé 
qaé’da t!o’t!lasésawatyé. Wa, g‘i’/l'mésé ‘witla hé gwé’x“‘idxa wad’- 
kwé la’xés laé’na‘yé g’é’dzddalas la’xa Lebese’ fee fwatya. Wi, da 
90 ix’é’dxa ‘ne/mts!aqé qa‘s k-adEdzo’dés la’xés t!elé’dzowé qaxs 
la’é ‘na’/xwarm la k’!é’k-!ewelx‘tina plai’wédzEsé. WA, la‘mé’sé 
negein’ndalax nex‘Ena’‘yasa k:!pwe’lkwé p!a/fya. Wa, latmé’sé 
t!d’saq g’i/g tela la’xa Letx"batyé la’g'aa la’xa wilbatyas. Wa, 
a’iemésé gw al t!0’saqéxs la’é k'!o’dené wa’gwasas la’xens sEt!ax’- 
95 isin een wi la pa’x‘idxés fimdlpamene, qa‘s. t!e’It wldzapéxa 
1 That is, Square in cross-section. 
