Boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 261 
cuts off all those that are broader than the middle sticks and that 
hang over the drying-frame. | When she has cut them all off, she 
takes her measuring-stick .| (for the 
berry-cakes) and! places it down at (1), =——2 3) #5 
and she takes || one of the dishes con- 4 =] SS=>= 
taining the cooked elderberries and puts 
it down at (1), next | to the drying-frame. Then she takes her large 
long-handled ladle | and a large shell of the horse-clam, and | she dips 
the ladle into the cooked elderberries. She sits | down on the floor 
at one end of the drying-frame at (1), and takes her measuring- || rod 
and puts it down at the end at (1); and she puts down | three sticks; 
and as soon as they have all been put down, she takes the large | 
ladle which is full of cooked elderberries, and pours them into | the 
cedar-stick mould. Then she takes the large shell | of the horse- 
clam, which she turns on its back, and presses the back of the | shell 
on the cooked elderberries, so as to spread them inside of the | cedar- 
stick mould. Now she presses them with the back of the shell, | so 
that they settle down and have the same thickness as the | cedar- 
stick mould, and have the same thickness all over. | After doing so, 
she takes off one of the moulding- || sticks, the one nearest to (1), and 
also two | side-sticks, but she does not touch the | cedar-stick mould 
nearest (2). Now she puts down the | cedar-stick mould; one short 
désé. Wa, gilf'mésé la ‘wifla la t!ewékwaxs laé Ax‘édxés k-atsé- 
stalayOLé menyayowa qa‘s gédzddés lax (1). Wii, laxaé ax‘édxa 
‘neméxLa dzég‘Egwatsliixa ts!ex'ina loq!wa qa‘s gaxé hinbalilas - 
lax (1) k‘litk!ndésa. Wa, li &x‘édxa ‘walasé g‘ilt!exnala kats!n- 
naqa. Wa, hé*misa ‘walasé xalaétsOx met!anatyéx. Wa, li 
tséqasa kats!enagé laxa dzég'Ekwé ts!éx‘ina (fig.). Wi, li k!wa- 
balitaxa k-litk-!edésé lax (1). Wa, li Ax‘édxés k-atsé‘stalayowe 
meEnyayowe. WA, li k-atbents lax (1). Wii, li kats @stalasa ya- 
dux"tslagé laq. Wa, gilfmésé gwalfatelaxs laé dax‘idxa ‘walasé 
k-ats!enaqaxs laé qot!axa dzég-Ekwé ts!éx‘ina qa‘s la tséts!ots lixa 
meEnyayowe k!waxtawa. Wai, li ax‘édxa ‘walasé xalaétsox 
met!ana‘yéx; wi, li nevaléda xalaésaxs laé axelgés Awig-afyasa 
xalaésé laxa dzegEkwé ts!éx‘inn qa gweélalts!awe lalanéq® lixa 
meEnyayowe k!waxtawa. Wa, lanm Laqilgés iwigayasa xalaéseé 
laq qa q!esmenkwées. Wa, hé‘mis qa ‘nemalés wagwasas LESwa 
meEnyayowe k!waxtawa. Wa, hé‘mis qa ‘nemakwé wagwasas. 
Wa, g@ilfmésé gwala laé ax‘annlodxa ‘nemts!aqé meEnyayowé 
k!waxLiwaxa gwiiqenwa‘yé lax (1). Wa, hé‘misa malts!aqé gége- 
bafya. Wii, le‘mé hewixarm Labelaxa menyayowée k!waxLawe 
gwiiqenwe lax (2). Wa, la katemg-aareldtsa mémenyayowe 
klwaxtawa ‘nalnemts!aq lax wax'sbafyaxa ts!egdla. Wa, li 
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