noas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 303 
has prepared them, he takes his harpoon shaft and prepares | it, 
putting on the prongs, so that they fit on firmly. | As soon as he has 
done so, he goes to the beach where his fishing canoe is. || Then he goes 
to spear the salmon, which swim inthe | mouth of the slough. Then 
he begins to spear them. If there are many | dog-salmon, it does 
not take long until he has obtained many. | Then he goes home.! | 
Then the woman herself? replies, ‘‘ Yes,” and goes up from the bank 
of the river, and || takes an old mat and spreads it out on the beach 
seaward from | the high-water mark. As soon as she has done this, 
she goes down to the beach | where the spearsman’s canoe is, and 
she puts her fingers into the gills of two | dog-salmon, two in each 
hand. Then she carries the | four salmon up from the beach, and 
she puts them on the old mat which is spread out on the beach. || 
After she has taken them all out, she takes her fish-knives and | sharp- 
ens them on a whetstone; and after she has sharpened | them, she 
takes a small mat and spreads it out on the beach by her side. Then 
she | puts the salmon on it. Then she can just reach the | salmon, 
when she takes it to cut it open. Then she does the same as she || 
does when she is cutting open dog-salmon to be roasted, and she 
only | cuts the meat thin along its skin, and the | edges of the cut 
salmon are left on in this manner.? | After she has cut it on her 
déx dzé’gtimas qa‘s br/nx‘idésa mé’miisé laq qa B/lalalés. Wa, 
gi/mésé gwa’texs la’é la’ents!és 1a’xés t!8’t!aq!waats!ixs hi‘né’- 
saé. Wa, lan’m lal t!a’t!laq!watxa k:!o’trlixs mena’laé lax d’x"si- 
wa‘yas wa’yalasas. Wa, la‘mé’sé t!ax‘wi’da. W<4, gi’l*mésé q !é’nr- 
méda gwa‘xnisaxs la’é k'!és gé’x‘idexs la’é q!pyd’La. Wi, g-ax 
nii/‘nakwa.! 
Wa, la q!tlé’x‘s‘em’ wa’xéda ts!eda’qaxs la’é 1&’sdés qa‘s lé 
aixfé’dxés k'!a’k'!Obané qa‘s g’a’xé LxEp!a’lisaq lax L!a’sa‘yasa 
yaa’xmote. Wi, gi/lfmésé gwa’lalisé axa’*yaséxs la’é In’nts!és 
lax hi‘né’dzasasa t!a’t!aq!waats!éx'dé. Wa, la gasx'px‘‘i’dxa maé/- 
maké gwa‘xnis lax wa’x'sdlts!aniis. Wa, la‘me’sé gasd/sdésrlaxa 
mo’wé k‘!dtela qa‘s 1lé k-!pgedzo/dalas la’xa Lebé’sé k-!4’k:!obana. 
Wai, gi/mésé ‘witloltamasqeéxs la’e &x‘é/dxés xwa’xtiLayowé qa‘s 
gé’xelalax‘idéq 1la’xa g’é’xésdemé. Wai, g‘i’l*mésé gwal g°é’xa- 
qexs laé ixédxés amay‘é 1é/*watya qa‘s Lep!a’liséq la’xa 6’gwige- 
lisas k:!ng-ats!a’s@xa k-!0’tela. Wa, 4’‘mésé hé’Its!aprlaxa k:!d’tE- 
laxs la’é da’x*‘ideq qa‘s xwa’l‘idéq. Hé’nmxaa gwée’gilaqé gwé’- 
giflasasa xwaLixa L!obrkwélasEe‘wa gwa‘xnisé. Wa, 1é’x-a‘méséx 
pEla’é t!n’/lsa‘yas yix q!emeElts!A*yas L!é’sas. Wa, hé’*méséxs k:!a’- 
k-!ewasenxelaéda t!nlé’kwé; ga gwi’lég-a (fig.’). 
Wai, gi’l'mésé gwal t!n’Isaq laxés t !elé’dzowé xag‘a gwiilég'a‘ la’é 
1 Here follows a prayer, p. 609. 2 She answers her own prayer. 3 See first figure on p. 304. 
4On a slanting board supported by a log See figure on p. 250. 
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