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the bucket with water in it and | puts it in front of his guests. 
Then they drink, and || the man takes up the dishes and puts them 
down at the place | where his wife is sitting. Then he takes the 
spoons and | puts them down at the place where his wife is sitting. 
As soon as | this is done, the guests go out. They do the same with | 
the dog-salmon when it is caught for the first time. || They also do 
the same thing with the dog-salmon when it is | dried for winter, 
when they are going to keep it in the same way as the | silver-salmon. 
They do not pour oil over it, because it is really | fat: therefore they 
give it to eat only in the evening. | This is also the way when silver- 
salmon caught by trolling is eaten with spoons in the morning. || 
He who eats it is never strong; he always feels sleepy the | whole 
day, and he is not strong: therefore it is first eaten in the | evening. 
As soon as the dog-salmon coming from the upper part of tHe | river 
is eaten, they pour much oil over it, for it is dry; | and there is never 
a time when they do not eat it in the morning, at noon, and || in the 
evening. They are afraid to eat it in the morning, when it just 
jumps | at the mouth of the river, for it is really fat. That is | the 
cause of making (those who eat it) sleepy. That is the end of this. | 
Sun-Dried Salmon (Gwasila).—When winter comes, (the woman) 
always | takes sun-dried salmon for breakfast-food; | and when she 
takes some of it, she takes her tongs and puts it flat between:| them 
lé hi’/nx‘dzamOlita la’xa k!we’lé. W4, la’x-da‘xwé na’x‘ida, la’aL a 
séda begwa’nemé k-a’g‘ilitxa 10’Elq!we qa‘s lé k-a’g-alitrlas lax 
klwaé’lasasés geEnE’mé LOxs la’é &x‘é’dxa ka’kEts!enagé qa‘s 
li’xat! &x‘a/lifplas lax k!waé/lasasés genn/mé. Wa, g-i/mésé 
gwa’lexs la’é ho’qitwelséda k!we’ldé. Wa, hé’nmxaa gwegi'lase- 
‘weda gwa’/*xnésaxs g'ai/laé 1A’Lanema. 
Wa, hé’misé, hé’emxaa gwe’gilase'weda gwa’xnésaxs la’é 
le/mxwasE‘wa qaLé’da ts!iwti/nxé, yixs ixélakweLé gwég'l’lasaxa 
dzi‘wt’né. Wa, lan’m k:'!és k!ti’nq!eqasdsa L!é’*na qaxs A’laé 
tse’nxwa. Hé’mis 1a’gilas alfe’m ha‘mg‘i’layoxa la dza’qwa. 
Wii, hé’*maaxs yO’sasp‘waéeda d6d’gwinéte dziswtt’nxa gaa’/la. Hé- 
wii’xat!a la q!tiq!tila’x‘idéda yo’siq. A/mm hé’menalanm la/lasaxa 
na’la, klés ta’/loqtila. Wi, hé’*mis la’gilas a’lf'mm y0d’sasoxa 
dza’qwa. Wi, g@i’lfmésé hé’déda gwa/*xnisé g-ayd’t lax ‘np’Idziisa 
wa, yo’saso‘wa, la’é k!ti’nq !mqasosa q!é’nem L!é’na qaxs ts!é’/nasaé. 
Wa, hé’emual k:!ea’s k-!és yo’sdemqxa gaa’la Le*wa neqi’la Lo‘ma 
dza’qwa. Wa, la kile’m yo’sasoxa gaa’lixs hé’maé a/lés mena’la 
lax 0’/x"siwa‘yasa wa, qaxs LO’maé ‘tse/nxwa. Hé’pmxat! 16’x¥- 
mégpmé. Wi, lan’m gwal la’xéq. 
Sun-dried Salmon.—Wi, lé ts!&wti’nx‘idexs la’@ hé’menalaem 
ixé’d la’xa ta’yalts!ala qa‘s gaa’xstafyaxa gaa’la. Wi, hé’*ma- 
axs la’é ixé’d laq; lafmé’s ix‘e’dxés ts!é’stala qa‘s k:!ebrts!A’*yés 
