yoas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 265 
of those she brought in first. She just puts | the basket with stones 
in it on the floor, and she builds up the fire so | that it is high. She 
takes good dry fire-wood and || lays it across the top of the fire. When ‘ 
this is done, | she piles stones on top of it; and when they are all 
on, | she takes a low box and washes it out. | When this is done, she 
puts it down. She takes a small steaming- | box and pours water 
into it half way up from the bottom; and she | leaves it there just 
outside of the low box, at a place between it | and the fire. Then 
she takes the fire-tongs and puts them down on the floor. | Now it is 
all done, and she waits for the stones to get red-hot, 
still on the fire. | 
Now we will talk for a little while about the low-sided box for 
mixing salal-berries. || It is three long spans and one short span | in 
length, and it is just two | long spans in width, and it | is one span 
in height. | The corners made in the same way as the boxes for 
keeping preserved salmon. || That is all about this. | 
As soon as all the stones which are on the fire are red-hot, | the woman 
who works on the salal-berries takes the dishes containing the cleaned | 
berries and puts them down by the side of the low box for making 
salal-berry cakes; | she takes the tongs and puts them down at the 
as they are 
li Oxtaqas laxés gilx'dé xEgwanrkma. Wa, a‘mése la hangelila 
t!éts!ala lexiixa xnewilé t!éspma. Wéa, li hélidxés Ingwilé qa 
q!aplésgpmlilés. Wa, li axsédxa ék@ lemxwa Ielqwarma qa‘s 
gayililax‘idéq lax Oktiyatyasés Ingwilé. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs 2 
Iné xeqityindalasa t!ésemé lag. Wi, g:ilfmése ‘wilknyendexs laé 
ixfédxa beng‘ela t!eqagilats!i qa‘s aék'!é ts!oxtgindnq. Wa, 
eilfmésé gwaltexs laé hing-alilas. Wa, laxaé &x‘édxa Ama‘yé 
qiolats!a qa‘s gtixts!odésa ‘wapé qa ‘negoyoxsdalés. Wa, larm 
ha‘nét lax Llasotiigatyasa beng‘rla t!eqag‘i‘lats!i lix Swagawa‘yas 
Letwa Ingwilé. Wa, laxaé ix‘édxa ts!ésiala qa gaxés kadéla. Wi, 
lanm ‘witla laxéq. Wa, asmisé la é@skla qa mémenitsemx“‘idéda 
tlésemé la xex"Lalalés lax Inewilas. 
Wii qrens yawasidé gwagwex'sex“id laxa beng'rla t!eqag‘i‘le- 
ts!i, yixs mamop!enk-glaasa ts!px"ts!anatyé laxens q!waq !wax’- 
ts!anafyéx yix ‘wisgemg-Eg‘aasas. Wa, la nexneqela malp!enk: 
laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx yix ‘wadzrgrg'aasas. Wii, la 
‘nemp!enk‘dsta lixens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx yix ‘walasgemasas. 
Wa, li yarm gwilé witilayasox wila‘yasa xEtsemaxs k-ogrkwaé. 
Wi, la‘men gwal laxéq. , 
Wa, @ilfmesé ‘naxwa la memenitsemxidéda xex"zalalésé t!é- 
semxs laé ix*édéda nanak!tltsila ts!edaqxés k‘imdex"ts!Alaxa ne- 
k!vé loelq!wa qa‘s gaxé kanolilmlas laxa beng la  t!eqag‘i- 
‘lats!a. Wa, lixaé ax‘édxés ts!éstala qa gaxés kadét lax éaxerlas- 
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