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side of what she is working at; and then she rolls out the halibut, 
thus | the piece that she is cutting becomes thin; and she only stops 
when it is spread out. | Then she rolls it up again and turns it over, 
and she also cuts it thin | (on the other side); and she does not stop 
cutting until it is all spread open. She || goes on doing so with the 
others. As soon as all the halibut is cut thin, | she hangs the pieces 
up on the drying-place for the dried hali- 
but, | in this manner: She hangs them 
up lengthwise. | After they have all 
been hung up, the woman takes 
her | fish-knives and puts them into her 
small basket, and carries them || away with the basket in which the 
cut-off tips of the halibut are.t. . . | 
When? it is evening, the woman goes down to the | beach, to the 
place where the drying halibut is. Then she gathers up the dry- 
ing-poles | on which the drying-halibut hangs. As soon as she has 
gathered them all, | she covers them over with mats, so that the || 
dew of the night will not get at them. | 
When day comes, she takes off the covering- | mats, and shespreads 
out again the drying-poles on which the drying halibut hangs. | 
She does so every evening and every | morning. Sometimes it takes 
three days Ib before the e drying-halibut is half es When it is half 
rene /ditasés ixsESwe’. Wi, la lénna’ kileda p ta’eya. Wa, la 
wilna’ktilaxs la’é t!n’Isaq. Wa, a’mésé gwa'lqéxs 1a’é Lup |e’- 
da. Wa, la lé’x‘endrq qa‘s xwé’lidéq. Wi, la’xaa t!pIs‘idEq. 
Wa, a’lemxaa’wisé gwal t!n’Isaqéxs la’é ‘witla Lepa’la. Wa, la 
hé‘starem gwé’x“idxa wad’kwé. Wa, gi/imésé ‘wi'la la t!elé’/kwa 
p!a’yaxs la’é gé’x‘widng la’xa gé’x"demixa k'!a’*wasé. Wa, lan’m 
ga gwa’lég ‘a (fig.). Wa, lan’m gé’x"sEq!ala 1i’xés g-ildd’lasa. 
Wi i, *ot’leméss la ‘witla gnyo/kiixs la’éda ts!eda’qé x‘é’dxés 
xwa’xtitayuwé qa‘s la’ts!odés la’xés la’laxamé. Wi, la da/laq 
LE‘wa lexa’‘yé, yix la g‘i’ts!ewatsa t!0’t!esba‘yé p!a/*ya.! 
Wa,’ gi’lsmésé dza’qwaxs la’éda ts!mda’qé In’nts!és la’xa are 
ma‘isé lax ixa’sasés k-!a’*wasé. Wa, la qlap!é’x“‘idxa géga’yo, 
yix la gé’xwalaatsa k'!a’*wasé. Wa, g'i’l'mésé ‘witla q!ap!é’x°‘- 
dexs la’é na’ktinentsa 1é’/Elfwa‘yé laq qa k-!é’sésé la’g-aatnléda 
go’siixa ga’nuré aq. 
Wi, gi’lfmésé ‘na’x*‘idexs la’é é@’tléd li’wiyddxa ‘niwE’mé {é- 
fwatya qa‘s 6’tlédé gwé’fidxa géga’yowé, yix gé’x"demasa k:!a’- 
‘wasé. Wa, la hé’menalanm hé gwe’gilaxa dza’dziqwa LE‘wa 
gégaa’la. Wi, la ‘na’fnemp!ena yii/dux"p!e/nxwa‘se ‘na’lasa 
kla’wasé k:!és iS 1a pee wida: Wa, gi 1Fmese k a yax‘widExs 
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