BOAS] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 291 
feast to many tribes. It is the way | I have described before. I 23 
will only talk about it | when they are put into boxes for winter use. 
They are just put into || (square) boxes, and the cover is put on and 
it is tied down. | Then they are put in a cool corner of the house, | 
and they are eaten in the way I have just described. | That is all. | 
Qot !xolé mixed with 0il.—When many berries have been picked by 
the | woman, she asks her husband to get a | high box that does not 
leak and to put it down; and then he builds up | the fire and puts 
stones into it. There || are very many stones. Then he takes his 5 
bucket and goes to draw | a bucketful of water; and when he comes 
back, | he puts it down next to the fire. When this is done, he takes 
his | tongs and puts them down by the fire. He takes his | oil-box 
and puts it down by the fire. When || this has been done, he takes 10 
the basket with berries and | puts them down next to his high boxes, 
and pours | them in. As soon as (the boxes) are nearly full, he 
stops pourmg them in. | He continues doing this until the other 
boxes are all full. | As soon as (the berries) are all in, he just waits 
for the || stones which he put on the fire to be red-hot; and when he 15 
sees | that they are getting red-hot, he takes his tongs, | picks up 
the red-hot stones, dips them into the | water in the bucket so that 
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asasEn la q!welidayowa, yixa léx‘aEmLEen gwagwéx’s‘Ex*idaasL 93 
lagéxs laé hinkwa qaéda ts!awtinxé, yixs A4fmaé k‘!ats!oyo lixa 
xéxEtsemé. Wi, a*mésé la yiktiyintsdsés yikwaya‘yaxs laé t!mmak‘t- 9 
yintse‘wa, qa‘s li hang-alilem laxa wtdanégwilasés gdkwaxa qo- 
dats! xéxEtsEma. Wa, hémis qdtqwat!eneqren laxdé gwagwex:- 
s‘alasa. Wa, larm gwala. oie 
Llakwé qot !xola.— Wii, hé‘maaxs q!énemaé qodanrmasa tslE- 1 
dagé qot!xoli. Wa, lai axk:!alaxés la‘winemé, qa Ax‘édéséxa La- 
watsaxa 4lii la emxa, qa g’axés hixhanila. Wa, li leqwélax-id 
laxés Ingwilé. Wa, li xmx"zLalaxa t!ésemé laxés Imewilé. Wai, la 
q‘énemk'as‘ma tlésemé. Wa, li Ax‘édxés nagats!é, qa‘s la tsiisa 5 
‘nemsgemé nagats!é laxa ‘wapé. Wa, gil‘mésé g'ix aédaaqaxs 
laé hafnolisas laxés Imgwilé. Wi, g-il'mésé gwalexs laé ax‘edxés 
k-liprilaa, qa‘s gaxé k-adenOlisas laxés Ingwile. Wi, li ax‘édxés 
dengwats!é qa‘s gaxé hinolisas laxés legwile. Wa, gilfméseé 
gwalexs laé ax‘édxés qéqot!xdleats!@ larlxatya, qa‘’s gaxé 10 
hinemg‘alitelas lax hixha‘né‘lasasa LéLawatsa. Wa, la gtixts!o- 
dalas laxa LéLawatsa; wa, gil*mésé Elaq qot!laxs laé gwal giiqas 
lag. Wa, li héxsizm awaxats!4 laxa wadkwé LéLawatsa. Wa, 
gilfmése ‘wilts!axs laé fem la éskla qa mémenitsemx“‘idésa 
tlésemé xex"zalalis laixa legwile. Wi, gilfmésé ddx*watn- “i 
laqéxs le‘maé mémenitsemx“idexs laé dax‘idxés k:!ipralaa, qa‘s 
kliplidés laxa xix'exsemala t!ésema qa‘s li hapstents lixa 
