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12 for they just take | the whole roasted salmon-heads and hold them 
when they eat them, therefore | their hands are very greasy. As 
soon as they finish, | they go out of the house, for no second course is 
15 served after fresh || roasted salmon-heads. That is all about this. | 
Preserved Salmon-Heads.—Now we will talk about the | roasted 
salmon-heads when they cook them in winter. When | it is winter, 
the common people are invited to come | to the house of the owner 
20 of the roasted salmon-heads. Then || they do again the same thing 
that I told of before, when they spread out | mats behind the fire- 
place of the house for the guests to sit down on | when they come in. 
As soon as they are in, | they are led by the woman to their seats on 
25 the spread | mats. When they are all in, the || woman at once takes 
the basket in which she keeps the salmon-heads, and she puts it 
down | at the place where she is sitting; and her husband takes a 
large | kettle and puts it down also, next to the place where his wife 
is sitting. | At once the woman opens the top of the basket, | and 
she takes out the roasted salmon-heads and puts them into the 
30 kettle. || Then she places them in it so that all stand on the part 
where | the head has been cut off, and so that the faces of the roasted 
heads are upward; and she only | stops when the kettle is full. Her 
12 nala x°6’xtisdi qa‘s déda’laliléqéxs la’é ha‘ma’prq. Wa, hé’‘mis 
la’gifas xe’nirla q!e‘Iq!elts!ané. Wa, gi’l‘mésé gwa’texs la’é 
4’rm ho’ sols qaxs k-!é’saé hé’lég-intsp’wa ha‘ma’ para a/Ixwasé 
15 x°0’xtisdi. Wa, laz’m gwal la’xéq. 
Preserved Salmon-Heads.'—Wéi, la‘mé’srns UE: ‘gwex’s‘alal la’xa 
x'0/xtisdiixs la’é ha‘mé’x'silaqéxs la’é ts!é*wt/nxa. W4a, hé’*maaxs 
la’é ts !a¢wit/nxa la’é Lé’‘lalase‘wéda bée’brgwanrmga !alarm qa g’A/xés 
lax gd’kwasa 4xnd’gwadasa x‘d/xtisdé. Wa, hé’emxaa’wis gwé’- 
20 x‘idé gwi’gilasasa grigi’léyin wa’Idema lan’m Lep!a’lélema 1é’- 
ewatyé lax 6’gwiwalitasa legwi’lasa g’o’kwe, qa k!tidzndzo’litasosa 
Lélanemé qd gaxt ho’gwitd. Wa, gi/lfmésé gax ho’gwitexs 
la’é q!a hx-sidzés0se ts!eda’qé qa lis klidzndzo'litela la’xa Lebel- 
kwe’ té’*wafya. Wa, gi’l’mésé ‘wi'‘laénexs la’é hé’x-fidafma 
25 ts!mda’qé ax*é’dxa x°0’xiisdaats!é L!a’bata qa‘s g-a’xé hi’/ng-alilas 
la’xés k!wae’lase. Wa, la’La 1la’Swtiinkmas Ax‘é’dxés ‘wa’lasé 
hi’nx'Lana qa‘s ga’xé ha’ngvalilas la’xaaxa k!waé’lasasés genkn/mé. 
Wa, hé’x‘ida‘méséda ts!nda’qé x°6’x*widex t!ema’g‘imasa L!a’baté. 
Wa, la Ax‘wiilts!4’laxa x‘d’xtisdé qa‘s lé Axts!A/las la’xa hi/nx:- 
30 Lanowé. Lan’m aé’k:!la k!tits!4’las qa ‘na’xwatmé hé k!wa’laydsés 
qa’k'atyé. Wa, lan’m é6’k:!ngemlts!awéda x°0’xtisdé. Wai, a’lmésé 
gwa'lexs la’é qo’t!éda hi’nx'Lanowé. Wa, la’ta ta/*wiinemas 
1 See p. 330. 
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