Boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 287 
she takes a short oil-box or | a high box and pours the cleaned crab- 
apples into it, | im case she is picking a great many. When all the 
crabapples have been cleaned, || the husband of the woman goes to 
get driftwood, | for it is hard work to prepare crabapples. There- 
fore | the man helps his wife. When he gets home from getting | 
driftwood, he carries it on his shoulder into the | house, and puts it 
down where he is going to build a fire. As soon as || all the drift- 
wood has been carried in, he puts down two medium-sized logs, | 
which will be the side-pieces. Between them he puts small pieces | of 
dry driftwood. He places larger pieces of driftwood | crosswise 
over the side-pieces for the stones to rest on. When | this is done, 
he takes a basket, goes down to the beach, || and puts stones into the 
basket. | When he thinks he has as many as he can carry, he 
carries them on his back up the beach, | and carries them into the 
house in which the crabapples are being prepared. | Then he puts 
(the basket) down on the wood that is built up for it. | He brings 
many stones which he has picked up; and when he has brought in 
enough, || he lights the fire under the wood and stones. When | 
it is burning, he takes an empty oil-box and puts it down along- 
side | of the wood and stone in order to heat it. Then he goes and 
gets | two large buckets and draws water in them. He | pours the 
haé ax‘étsE‘wa Lawatsa, qa‘s gtxts!alasdsa kimdrekwé tselxwa, 
yixs q!énemaéda tsElwanrmas. Wii, gil*mésé ‘witla la k-imdekwa 
tsElxwaxs laé hé‘mé la'witinemasa ts!edaqgé la q!éxaxa q!éxalé, : 
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qaxs laxtimlaéda tsElxwaxs GaxElase‘waé. Wa, hé‘més lag-itas 
giwaléda begwanrmaxés genEmé. Wai, g’il‘mésé g-axpxs q!éxéx'- 
dixa q!éxalaxs laé héx‘‘idasm weéx’‘idrgq, qa‘s li wég'irelaq laxés 
gOkwé, qa‘s li wéx’‘alitaq laxés Ipx‘walilasté. WA, g-ilf‘mésé ‘wi- 
‘losdésa q!éxataxs laé k'at!alitasa ma‘its!aqé ha‘yaKag it q!éxala. ; 
Wa, héem kak Edenwa‘yé. Wai, li Lolaxdtsa galastoyowé Amn- 
ma‘yasto Iemxwa q!éxala. Wai, li ax*édxa Awawastala q!éxala, 
qa‘s gékyindalés qa ti!aixt!emasa tlésemé. Wai, go il‘mésé 
gwailexs laé Ax‘édxa lexa‘yé, qa‘s li Ients!és lixa L!ematisé, 
qa‘s li tlaxtslilasa t!ésemé laxés t!agats!éxa t!ésemé lpxatya. 
Wi, gil'mésé gwanala lax'séxs laé OxLEx‘ideq, qa‘s li OxLds- 
désklaq, qa‘s li OxtaéLelaq laxés tsitsrlx'sé‘lats!éLé g-dkwa. 
Wai, lai Oxteg‘alilaq qa‘s la t!iqryindalas laxés la gwilila‘ya. Wa, 
li q!enemé t!iganemas t!ésema. Wai, gil‘mésé hélale t!igann- 
maséxs laé tsénabdtsa gtilta lixes t!éqwapa‘yé. Wa, gilfmésé 
xiqostaxs laé ax‘édxa dengwats!emoté, qa‘s g‘axé hitnolisas laq 
laxa t !@qwapa‘yas, qa ts!elxsemx‘‘idés. Wa, hé‘mis la ix‘édaatséxa 
iwawé ma‘itsem nakEngats!i, qa‘s li tséx‘id laxa ‘wap, qa‘s la 
giixts!alas liq. Wii, g:il‘mésé la nEgoyoxsdalaxa ‘wiipaxs laé ewala. 
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