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16 dry, | she takes down all the drying halibut, and she opens them, so 
that they are spread open. | Then she hangs them up again lengthwise. 
They are hanging | in this way: When it is a 
fine day, they are then ready in | one day, and 
20 they are thoroughly dry. As soon as || day 
comes, they are taken down again, and 
are opened out again and | spread out on the beach. Then they are 
spread out on the drying-poles. As soon as | much halibut is ready, 
she spreads the drying halibut out | on the beach, 
in thismanner: and when it is dry, | she folds it in 
halves length- wise, in this way: and she 
25 puts it away || on a stage made on pur- 
pose in one corner of the house, 
in this manner: | and the woman piles one 
halibut on top of | another. Then they © 
weight one on an- other, and they become 
flat. | That fin- ishes this, | 
30 As soon as all the dried halibut is flat, || being piled up one on 
another, they get damp again. Then the | woman takes large bas- 
kets, made on purpose, and she puts | the dried halibut into them, 
one hundred in each. Finally | she puts (the baskets) in a place 
where the damp can not get at them. Now this is done. | 
16 
la’é ixema’xddxa k-!a’*wasé ‘witla. Wa, la dzax‘wi’deq qa da’t- 
idés. Wa, la xwé’laqa g‘i’lg-aate’lodalaq. Wa, lan’m la gé’g:i- 
lala g'a gwi’lég'a (fig.). Wa, gi’l'mésé 6’k'a ‘na/lixs la’é hé’lala- 
Emxa ‘ne’/mxsa ‘nii’/laxs la’é a/lax‘id k!a’yax'wida. Wa, g‘i/l- 
20-‘mésé ‘na’x“‘idexs la’é @’t!éd &xa’xoyd qa‘s é’t!édé dzax*widrgq qa 
LéLEpa’léséxs la’é Lep!a’Lelots la’xa gé’gayd. Wa, gi/lSmésé 
q!a’q!éx'silaxs p!4/‘yaxs la’é Lep!/ali’srlaxa la k:!a’yax‘wid k: !a/was 
la’xa Llema’isé g'a gwii/lég-a (fig.). Wa, gi’l’mésé In’mx‘widExs 
la’é nEgEXLa’ta k-!6’x*wideq g'a gwa’lég'a (fig.) qa‘s lé gé’xaq 
la’xa k'la’gélé, hékwe’lénm lax dné’gwilasa g°6’kwé gra gwi'léga 
(fig.). Wa, laz’m ‘mewé’gindaléda ts!eda’qasa k !a’*wasé la’xa 
wad’kwé. Wa, lan’m git’ngwatolil qa ‘né’*nmmadzox‘widés. Wa, 
lan’m gwal 1a’xéq. ; 
Wi, g:i/l'mésé ‘na’xwa la nanngedzd’x*widéda k‘!a/wasaxs la’é 
30 gaé’l ‘mewega’yap!a. Wi, laz’m xwe’laqa la pe’x‘wida, wi, lé’da 
ts!eda’qé ix‘6’dxa hékwé'la‘yé two’ L!a’/L!ebata. Wa, la hints!o’da- 
lasa Kk: !a’*wasé laé’lak !endts!4wéda ‘na’fnemsgemé. Wai, lawi’sta 
g'é’/xaq la’xa k-!é’sé la’g‘aaatsa de/lx'a. Wa, laz’m gwal la’xéq.’ 
bho 
or 
1 Continued on p. 360. 
