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41 and | puts it down on the floor of the house; and she takes her 
shortest wedge, | and she takes the roasted fern-root, and, holding it 
in the left hand, | she puts one end of it on the fire-wood; then she 
begins to beat | it with the wedge, and she only stops beating it 
45 when it is flattened out. || After she has beaten it soft, she measures 
off lengths of | four finger-widths and breaks them off; | and after 
this has been done, she puts them on a food-mat. | Then she takes 
some of the sticky spawn to eat with the roasted | fern-root, and they 
eat the fern-root. When there is no sticky spawn to eat with the 
50 fern-root, || they dip it into oil. | ; 
1 Roasted Salmon-Spawn.—Now I will talk again about the spawn. | 
When various kinds of salmon are first caught by the fishermen who 
go trolling, | the woman takes the whole salmon-spawn, and she 
takes the roasting-tongs | and she puts the salmon-roe into them 
5 doubled up in this way: || After this has been done, she 
puts it up by the side of the fire; and when it is | white all 
over, she takes it off. Then it is done. | It is eaten at 
once, while it is still hot; for | it is not eaten afterwards 
when it is cold; and it is not dipped into | oil, but they 
10 drink much water after hav- ing eaten || the roasted salmon- 
roe. Then a flat stone is put on the fire; | and when it is 
41 k-a’t!a‘litég. Wi, laxaa 4x‘é’dxa ts!nk!wa’ga‘yasés Le’mg‘ayo. Wi, 
la dxfe’/dxa L!e/nkwe sa’giim qa‘s da‘tésés gr/’mxolts!ana la’qéxs 
la’é k-a’tléts d’batyas la’xa Imqwa’. Wai, hé’‘mis la t!e/lx¢widaa- 
tséq, yisa LE/mg'ayo. Wi, a’lmésé gwal t!n’Ixwaqéxs la’é pépe- 
45 xpnx*ida. Wi, g‘i/ltmése gwal t!e/lxwaqéxs la’é ‘mn’ns‘ideq qa 
mo/dEnés iwa’sgemas 1a/xEns q !wa’q!wax'ts!ana‘yé, la’é arlts!a’laq. 
Wa, gi’/itmésé gwa’texs la’é Axdzo’ts 1la’xa ha‘madzo/wée lé’*watye. 
Wai, la ax‘é’d la’xa q!n’nkwé qa‘s ma/séséxs 1a’xa Llenk” sa/- 
etimxs Ja’é Lipx'Llax'a. Wai, g'i’l‘mésé k:!e4’s q!n’nkwa L!ex'L!a’- 
50 x‘axs la’é ts!mpa’xa L!é’‘na. 
1 Roasted Salmon-Spawn.—Wii, la‘mé’smn @’dzaqwaltsa ge’né. Wa, 
hé/fmaaxs g’a/laé la/Lannma k-!0’k!titrlasa dd’/dek!wenoxwe; wi, la 
aix'é’déda ts!mda’qaxa spneé’ts!a‘yé gé’nii qa‘s ax‘e’déxa L!0’psayo 
qa‘s gwa’naxendalésa gé’*né laq, ga gwi'legra (fig.). Wa, @ ilfmésé 
5 gwa’lexs la’é La‘ndlisaq la’xa Ingwi'lé. Wai, gi’lsmésé ‘na’xwa 
‘mp/lfmelsgemx‘idexs la’é &/xsani. Wa, lan’m L!dpa laxe’g. Wa, 
hé’xidaf‘mésé himx“i/tse°wa, yixs hé/*maé a’lés ts!n’/lqwé, qaxs 
< !@’saé hafma’xs la’é wiidexi’da. Wa4, k:!é’s*emxaa ts!Epela’ li’xa 
Lié’'na. Wai, la q!ék !nts!atya ‘wa’paxs la’é na’x‘idéda ha‘ma’pdiixa 
10 L!d’bekwé gé’*ni. Wa, ]a’xaa lix‘Lanoweda pr’xsemé t!é’srema. 
Wa, gi’l'mésé ts!2/lxsemx“‘idaxs la’é k-!ipsana’wéda t !@’semé la’xa 
