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340 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (BPH. ANN, 35 
account of its fat. Now I will talk also about the | milky salmon 
when it lasts until the winter. | Then it is called “clayey.” When 
the | old men are invited at noon or in the evening by the one who 
owns it,—for this also is not || eaten im the morning,—when all | the 
guests are in, the owner who invited them takes a kettle and | 
washes it out well, so that it is quite clean. He takes it up, | and puts 
it down by the side of the box in which the milky spawn was | before 
it began to rot. Then he takes || a large clam-shell and dips out the 
really | rotten-smelling spawn, and dips it out into the kettle; and 
when | the kettle is half full of salmon-spawn, the man stops dipping 
it out. | Then he takes up the kettle and puts it down | by the side 
of the fire, and pours water into it; and he only || stops pouring into 
it when the kettle is half full of water. He does not | stir it. As 
soon as it is done, he takes another | kettle and washes it out well 
with water; and when it is | clean, he puts it down on the floor of 
the house; and then he takes from the floor of the house | the 
kettle in which the salmon-spawn is, and puts it over the fire; || and 
when it is on the fire, he takes his long-handled. stirring- | ladle and 
dips up the salmon-spawn and its liquid, and pours it back | into the 
kettle; and he continues doing this until it | boils over. He never 
stirs it: he only | dips it up. He does not dip it up for a long time, 
Axé/daasaxa dzpmo/kwé gé/néxs la’é la’gaa la’xa la ts!&wit/nxa. 
Wii, lan’m 1é’gadrs L!é’gnkwe la’xéq. Wa, hé’*maaxs la’/éda 
qtilsq !ti/lyakwé Lé‘lanemxa neqii’la Lo‘ma dza’qwa, yixs k !é’s*ma- 
axat! gaa’xstéxa gaa’la, yisa &xnd’gwadiis. Wa§, gi’lfmésé ‘wi’- 
‘laécéda Lélanemaxs la’éda 1é’‘lila &x‘e/dxa hi’nx‘Lanowé qa‘s 
aé’k''6 ts!o’xtig'indeq qa aé’lak'!alésé la é’g‘ig'a. Wi, la k!0’qi- 
laq qa‘s lé ha‘nd’lifas Ja’xa L!é’gngwats!é La’watsa, yixs dzemo’- 
gwats!aaLExs k:!é’s'méx-dé q!ale’déda gé’*né. Wi, la‘mé’sé ix‘e’d- 
xa xa/laésasa met!a’natyé qa‘s xelo’Its!odé la’xa a/lak-lala la 
q!atp!a’la gé’na qa‘s lé xrlts!4’las la’xa hinx‘La’noweé. WA, g‘t’l- 
‘mésé nugod’yoxsdaléda hi/nx‘Lanoxa gé’niixs la’é gwal xelts!a/léda 
brgwa’nrmaq. Wi, la k:!d’qwalitxa hi’nxLanowé qa‘s lé hind’- 
lisas 1a’xa Imgwilé. Wi, la gtiq!mqa’sa ‘wa’pée lag. Wii, a’lmésé 
ewal gti’qaxs la’é nego’yaléda hi/nx‘Lanixa ‘wa’pée. Lan’m k:!és 
xwée’tlédrq. Wa, gi’/lfmésé gwa’ta, la &x%e’dxa 6’gii‘la‘maxat! 
hi/nx'Lanaé qa’s aé/k'!é ts!d/xtig‘intsa ‘wa’pé lag. Wa, gi’l'mésé 
ég-nga’xs la’é ha/ng-alilag. Wi, lawi’sta k-:!6’qwalitxa ha’nx:- 
Lano, yix la &xtspSwa’tsa gé’"né qa‘s ha’nxLendés la’xa legwi'lé. 
Wai, gf’lmésé 1a’xLalaxs la’é &x°6’dxés gi’It!exiala xwé/dayo k a’- 
ts!pnaqa qas tsé’g‘dstilis la’xa ge’né Lewis ‘wa’pé qa‘s xwé’laqa- 
‘méxat! gtixstr’/nts liq. Wi, lan’m héx'sii’rm gwé’gilaq la’laa lax 
te/nxidex'demtas. Wa, lan’m hewa’xarm xwe’t!édnq. A’xsizm 
tsé’gdstalaq. Wa, la k'!és gég-ilit tsé’g-dstalaqéxs la’é ya’was‘id 
