BoAS] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 295 
containing the seaweed. | Sometimes they are left this way in the 
house for one month. || When the woman thinks that the seaweed ! 
sticks together, | she takes off the stones when it is a fine day. | 
Then she takes out the seaweed, which is now one | finger thick. Then 
she takes it out of the | house and puts it flat on the beach, where it 
is dry; and || when it is evening, she takes it up and takes it into the 
house. | Then she puts it back into the small box, and she again | 
puts cedar-branches between them; and she also puts | stones on it 
again. She does this four times; and after | she has done so four 
times, she puts them into a small box, || after she has taken out the 
cedar-branches and also the | stones on it. Now she only puts on 
the cover, and the cover is | tied down. Then it is put away. That 
is all about this. | 
Curing Seaweed (2).—They drive into the floor two | poles half a 
fathom long, and sharp at the ends. Then || they split cedar-wood; 
and when it is in thin pieces, these are two | finger-widths wide and 
half a finger-width | thick, and they are a little more than half a 
fathom long. | Then they take split narrow cedar-bark and tie one end 
to the pole | standing alongside of the fire, and they do the same 
la ‘na/inEmp!ena ‘nE/’msgEmgilaxa ‘mEkii’la hé gwaé’lé lai’xa 
od/kwe. Wa, gi’lfmésé k:o’téda ts!eda’qaq lan’m k!ito’x‘wi- 
déda teq!estE’naxs la’é tliqaxddxa t!é’semé yixs é’kaéda ‘na/la. 
Wa, la ax‘wilts!0’dxa baq!estE’naxs la’é ‘na’ltnemden 1i’xEns 
q!wa’q!wax'ts!anatyéx yix wa’gwasas. Wa, la la’welsas la’xés 
g’0/kwe qa‘s lé pa’x‘alisplas la’xa L!Ema‘isa ]a’xa ln’m*wésé. Wa, 
@i’mésé dza’qwaxs la’é Aix‘ali’saq qa‘s lé laé’Las la/xés g°d/kwe. 
Wa, la’xaé xwé’laxts!dts 1la’xa xa’xadzemé. Wa, la’xaé ts!A’ts!n- 
kodalasa ts!a’p!axé laq. Wai, la’xaa é’t!éd‘emxat! la t!i’qryintsa 
t!lé’spmé Jaq. Wai, la mdodp!ena hé gwé’x‘ideq. Wai, g‘i’lfmésé 
mo’p!mnaxs Ja’é gwa’la. Wi, lan’m g’é’ts!ayo la’xa xa/xadzEmé, 
yixs la’é la’woyrnwéda ts!a’plaxé. Wa, hé’*mésa t!i’gemée t!é/- 
seEma. Wi, la 4’em la yiktiyi’ntsosés yikttya’*yé. Wi, la t!n- 
ma’kintsE*wa. Wa, la g’é’xasE‘wa. Wai, lan’m gwal la’xéq. 
Curing Seaweed (2).—Wii, la’xaé dé’x‘walélema malts!a’qé dzo’- 
xuma na’q!Ebddé 4wa’sgemasas. Wai, la dz0’dzex"baa’kwa. Wi, la 
x0’/x°witsE‘wéda k!waxia’wé qa pr’Ispadzowés. Wii, la maé/malden 
la’xens q!wa’q!wax'ts!ana‘yé iwa’dzewasas. Wé, la k!0’dené wé- 
wa’gwasas. Wai, la hiyaxk:!o’dbodé 4waé’semmasas |i/xens bi’Lax. 
Wa, la 4x‘édxa ts!pxekwé ts!éq! denasa qa‘s yilfarelodés Gba‘yas 
laxa la Lana‘lés la’xa Ipgwi’lé dzd’xuma. Wi, la é@’t!éd hé gwé’x-- 
‘idxa apsba’‘ye. Wa, la q!evlets!a’qa xo’kwe k!waxra’wa la 
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