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covered with blisters, | the woman knows that it is done. Then | 
she puts it on the dish-mat. || 
She takes water and sprinkles it over it to make it soft; | and after 
she has sprinkled it with cold water, she takes the | oil-dish and 
pours oil into it; and after she has done so, she | takes the blistered 
green salmon and puts 1t down flat, and places it before | those who 
are going to eat it. Then she takes an oil-dish and puts it || outside 
of the blistered green salmon.' . . . Assoon as the woman | takes the 
cup, the man breaks off a piece of the blistered | salmon and dips it 
into the oil, and puts it into his mouth. | He himself breaks off bits 
from what he is eating. | 
Scorched Salmon.— Dried? salmon is the breakfast of the Kwakiutl. || 
In the morning, as soon as they arise, the wife of the | chief takes 
dried salmon and scorches it by the fire. As soon as | she finishes 
scorching it, she pounds it on a mat spread out on the floor, to | 
remove the scales loosened by the fire. As soon as she finishes 
pounding it on the floor, | she rubs it to make it soft; and after she 
has rubbed it, || she pounds it again on the floor of the house. Then 
she folds up the scorched dried salmon | and puts it down on the 
floor. Then she takes a dish and puts it down at | the place where 
k:!o’loxwaxs la’é q!a’léda ts!mda’qaqéxs In‘ma’é L!d’pa. Wa, la 
ixdzo’ts la’xa hé’taxsta’lilé lé/watya. 
Wai, la ax‘é’dxa ‘wa’pé qa‘s xdsrldzd’dés liq qa pé’qwés. Wii, 
gilsmés gwal x0’sasa wtida‘sta’ ‘wap 1la’qéxs la’é 4x‘é’dxa ts!E- 
ba’ts!@ qa‘s k!tmxts!d’désa Lle’na lag. . Wi, gi’/Fmésé gwa'ta la’é 
axé/dxa la ne_dzalilatsa pr/nkwé k:!5/loxwa qa‘s lé ixdzam6’lilas 
la’xa ha‘ma’pitaq. Wi, la ix%e’dxa ts!eba’ts!é qa‘s lé k-a’x<its 
Jax L!a’satyasa pE/nkwé k:!d’loxwa'. . . Wa, gi/l'méséda ts !rda’qé 
da’x‘idxa k!wa‘sti’xs la’éda brgwa’nemé k!d’pléd 1a’xa pr/nkwe 
k-!6’loxwa qa‘s ts!ep!é’dés la’xa L!é’na qa‘s ts!6’qtisés 1a’xéq. 
Wa, lan’m q!ilé’x‘sem k!6’pk lopa la’xés ha‘ma’‘yé. 
Scorched Salmon.—Wéi,? hé’mm gaa’xstésa Kwa’g-ula xa‘ma’sé. 
Wii, hé’*maaxs g-A/laé La’x*widxa gaa’la, wii, la ixe’dé gene/masa 
oi/gima‘yaxa xa‘ma’sé@ qa‘s ts!exi_éq la’xa Imgwi/lé. Wa, gii/l- 
emésé gwal ts!pxi’q la’@ xtisxtidzi’laq 1a’xa Lwbi/lé te’watya qa 
la’wésa ts!ex'mo’tasa gtiIta. Wa, gi’lfmésé gwal xtisxitdzi/laqéxs 
la’é q!we’x“ideq qa pé’xtwidés. Wa, gi’mésé gwal q!d’yaqéxs 
la’é @’t!éd xtsxtidzitaq. Wa, la k-!6’x"semdxa ts!e/nkwé xafma/sa 
qa’s gi’g-aliléq. Wi, la x%@’dxa 16’q!wé qa‘s Ax‘a’liléq 1a’xés 
k!waé’lase. Wi, la @’t!éd 4x‘@’dxa ts!m’nkwé xa‘ma’sa qa‘s ts!a- 
1 Part of the description of the eating of the salmon has been omitted, it being a repetition of pre- 
vious descriptions, 
2 Lines 19-22 repeated from Publ. Jes. Exp. Vol. V, 427-428. 
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