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he takes the dishes | and puts them down at the place where his wife 
is sitting. | Then he takes the water and places it before his guests, || 
and they drink; and after they have finished drinking, they | go out. 
They never eat anything before they eat salmon-spawn, | and those 
who eat it never eat a second course with it. | 
Salmon-Spawn with Salmon-Berry Sprouts.—When | salmon-berry 
sprouts are eaten, the dried salmon-spawn is taken and eaten with 
it, | for it is not dipped in oil, for dried salmon-spawn and oil do not 
agree: | therefore they do not dip it into it. It is also eaten || with 
fern-root, when it is eaten by the old women and | men. It is eaten 
with salmon-berry sprouts | and fern-roots, because it makes one 
feel sick when it is eaten alone, | when it is not eaten with these two. 
It does not make one feel sick, | when the salmon-spawn is eaten 
with salmon-berry sprouts and fern-root. When || the winter 
dancers are brought back, and the singing-masters continue to sing, | 
the whole length of the night in the winter, and | when the speaker 
of the house has to speak every time (a dancer) goes out of the 
house, | when they lose their voices, they take dried salmon-spawn | 
and pass it to those who have Jost their voices, that they may eat 
it. || They chew it for a long time, and they swallow the juice | that 
is in their mouths, for what comes from it is just like what comes from 
gum. Then | they have no longer lost their voices; and also the 
q!wé qa‘s ga’xé mex‘a’lilas la’xés k!wae’lasé Lefwis genn’mé. 
Wa, la ax‘e’dxa ‘wa’pé qa‘s lé hinx-dzamo’lilas la/xa k!wé’té. 
Wa, 1a’x-da‘x® na’x‘ida. Wi, gi’lsmésé gwal na’qaxs la’é hod’qut- 
welsa. Wi, héwii/xarm ha‘malg‘iwaléda hisma’paxa gé/né. Wa, 
la’xaa k-!és hé’lig-intsm‘weda ha‘ma’paq. ; 
Salmon-Spawn with Salmon-Berry Sprouts.—Wai, g‘i/l*mésé ha‘ma’‘ya 
q!wa/temé, la’é &x*é’tsH*wéda la’tlem‘we’dzekwé qa‘s ma/yrmé laq, 
yixs k'!é’saé ts!mpa’sE*wéda Lé’‘na, qaxs ad’ts!agdéda la’tlem*wedze- 
kwé Leéwa L!6/*na; 1a’g‘ilas k-!és ts!n/prla lag. Wi, laxaa mai’ynm 
la’xa sagtimé, yixs ha/*mayaa’sa q!tlsq!i’lyakwé ts!e’daqa Lo‘ma 
bée’bregwanrmé. Wai, hé’nm 1la’gilas ma’ypm 1a/xa q!wa’/tnmé 
LE'wa sagtiimé, yixs ts!n’x‘spmts!m°maaxs 1é’x‘a‘maé ha‘ma/‘ya, 
yixs k'!é’saé ma’yema ma‘léda’la. Wa, la k:!és ts!px’semselé’da 
mi/siisa lallem‘we’dzekwe la’xa q!wa’lemé LESwa sagtime. Wa, 
hé’*méséxs g*i/l*maéda néna’gadé hé’menaltamm de/nxelaxs kiki/1- 
nelaéda ts!é’ts!eqix ‘wa/sgemasasa ga’/nuLaxa la ts!Awti/nxa Lo‘ma 
ya’yaq!entémélaséxs hémenk!ala‘maé yaq!ent!alax li’naxwaas la- 
weElsa yaéxa. Wa, gi/lfmésé L!mml‘édexs laé axetsEsweda la’/tlam- 
‘we/dzekwé qa‘s lé ts!wa’naé’dzpm 1a’xa la L!éL!n’/mla qa himx-- 
i/déséq. Wa, la gé’eilil ma’leékwaq qa‘s nEqwe’xes ‘wa’paéL!xa- 
wa‘yaxs la’é hé gwex's gwa‘lé’kéda g-a’yolé lag. Wa hé’x*tida‘mése 
gwal u!n’mla. Wa, hé’*misa k'!a’k: let !@noxwé, g'i’l*maé k:!a’taxa 
