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the ashes that stick to them come off, | and puts them into the oil 
20 which is in the oil-box. || He continues doing this, and does not stop 
until the oil in the box begins to boil. | He does not dip out | the 
boiling oil immediately to pour it on the berries in the box, | but he 
takes a large shell of a horse-clam and skims off the | froth floating 
25 on the hot oil. When that is all off, || he takes a long-handled ladle 
and dips it into the hot oil. | Then he pours it on the berries, and he 
does not stop until | the berries are covered by the boiling oil. He 
leaves them there, on the floor of the house, | until the oil thickens. 
He leaves them there for two days to get entirely cooled off. | Then 
30 he takes the boxes containing the berries and the oil and || puts them 
down in a cool corner of the house. After he has put them there, 
he | takes the cover, puts it on, and ties it down. | After he has 
done so, he takes an old mat and | spreads it over them, and there 
they will stay until winter comes. | 
1 Curing Seaweed (1)."—A woman inexperienced in working | seaweed 
spreads it out at once on the beach to | dry. Then the seaweed 
that is treated that way is tough. | An experienced woman only takes 
5 the || seaweed out of the canoe, and she takes a mat and | covers it 
over on the beach, after she has piled it up on the beach, | even when 
the day is fine. She does not spread it for a long time, for she wishes | 
18 ‘wabrts!’wasa nagats!é, qa lawiyés k!wek!tittsemayaq gtina‘ya. 
Wi, li k!ipstents lixa L!énats!awasa dengwats!é. Wa, li héx:- 
20 simm gwégilaq. Wa, al'mésé gwalwxs laé Alak lala la mazmdel- 
qiléda L!énats!’wasa dengwats!é. Wa, k:!ést!a yinag‘aala tséx-‘id- 
xa makmdelqtla L!éna, qa‘s li giqnyints laxa qodats!é Lawatsa. 
Wi, li ax‘édxa ‘walasé xalaétsa met!anatyé, qa‘s ax‘widéxa 
‘awiis Okttyatyasa ts!elx'sta lena. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witliwa 
95 afawixs laé ax*édxa tséx~a, qa‘s tséx’idés laxa ts!elx"sta L!éna 
qa‘s li giiqnyindalas laxa qot!xolé. Wa, al*mis gwalxs laé t!epE- 
yéda qot!xolixa marmdelqtila L!éna. Wa, li héx’sirem hix-hatnité 
qa Llax*‘idésa L!éniixa la ma‘texsa ‘nila, qa alak:!alés wtidex~‘ida. 
Wa, la ax‘édxés Llagwatsliixa qdt!xolé Lawatsa, qa‘s la hing:a*li- 
30 las laxa wiidanégwilasés gokwé. Wa, gil‘meésé gwalkalitmxs laé 
ixédex yiktiyatyas, qa‘s yikityindés liq. Wa, la‘mé t!memak-iyin- 
dreq. Wa, gilfmésc gwalexs laé ax‘édxa k'!ak!ek-!obana, qa‘s 
Lepeyindés laq. Wa, larm lalaat laxa ts!Awiinxna hélgwaéze. 
Curing Seaweed (1).!— Wii, of’I'mésé yii’gilwatéda ts!eda’gé a’axsi- 
laxa Inq!mste’naxs la’é hé’x‘idamm lex‘alisaq 1a’xa L!mmatisé qa 
lemx‘wi'dés. Wa, hé’rm twilast!mxdzd lmq!esth’/néda hé gwé’x*‘i- 
tseowe. Wai, g'i/lmésé é’g-ilwatéda ts!eda’qaxs la’é &’Em moltd’d- 
5 xa teq!mstH/né la’xés ya‘yats!é. Wi,la ax‘é’dxa lé’wa‘tyé qa‘s 
‘nax'sEmli’sés la’qéxs la’é q!ap!ésgemlisa la’xa L!ema‘isé yixs 
wa’x'maé 6/k'a ‘na/la. Wii, la k:!és gnyol lexali’saq qaxs ‘né/k'aé 
qa xas‘i/dés. Wa, hé’t!a la m6’xsé ‘na’liséxs la’é lé’t !edxa leewatyé 
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