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takes up the dish and puts it down in front of her | guests. Immedi- 
20 ately they all eat with || spoons; and after they have eaten with 
spoons, the wife of the host | takes other small dishes and puts them 
down | between the men and the food-dish. | This is called “‘recep- 
tacle for the bones.” As soon as | the guests find a bone, they throw 
25 it into the small dish; || and they keep on doing this while they are 
eating. After | they have finished eating with spoons, they put 
their spoons into the dish from which they have been | eating. 
Then they take the small dish in which | the bones are, and put it 
down where the large dish had been, | and they pick up the bones 
30 with their hands and put them into their mouths || and chew them. 
Therefore this is called ‘‘chewed;’ namely, boiled | halibut-head. 
They chew it for a long time and suck | at it; and after they finish 
sucking out the fat, they blow out the | sucked bones; and they do 
not stop until all the bones have been sucked out. | Then the woman 
35 takes the small dishes and || washes them out, and she pours some 
water into them, and she puts them | down again before the guests. 
Then they wash their hands. | As soon as they have done so, they 
drink; and after they have finished drinking, | they go out. Then 
they finish eating the halibut-heads. | Halibut-heads are not food for 
40 the morning, for they are too fat. || They only eat them at noon and in 
18 Wi, lawé’sté k:a’g‘ilitxa to’q!wé qa‘s lé kax‘dzamililts 1a’xés 
Lé‘lankmé. Wi, hé’x‘ida’mésé ‘na’xwa y0’s‘ida, yisé’s k-a’k'r- 
20 ts!enagé. Wa, gi/lfmésé yo’s‘idexs la’é genk’masa Lé’‘lanemiiq 
ix'd/dxa 6/gii‘la’mé Amfema’ Id’rlq!wa qa‘s lé’xat! k-a’x“its lax 
iwa’gawa‘yasa bée’begwanrmé LE‘wa ha‘maa’tsiiis 10’q!wa. Wa, 
hé’em Lé’gades hé/lomagem qaé’da xa’qé. Wa, g'i’l'mésé tsa’- 
tsék‘inéda k!wé/laxa xa’qaxs la’é ts!exts!d’ts lax &ma/‘yé 10’q!wa. 
25 La hé’x'sizem gwe’gilaxés wa/weselilasé yo’sa. Wa, g'i’lfmésé 
gwat yo’saxs la’é g'its!0’tsés yo’yats!e k-a’k'nts!enaq 1a’xés g‘f’lx’- 
dé ha‘maa’ts!é. Wa,la &x‘é/dxa &ma/‘yé 10’q!wa, yix g'i’ts!n°wa- 
sasa xa’/qé qa‘’s ka’x‘idé lax &xa’sdiisa ‘wa’lasé lo’elq!wa. Wai, 
lafmé’sé xa/max'ts!anaxs la’é 4x‘°e’dxa xa’qé qa‘s ts!o’q!tisés. Wai, 
30 la malé’x*wideq, la’g'itas la Le’gades malé’kwa, yi’xa h&’nx'La- 
akwé malé’/gemano. Wa, la gé’g flit malé’kwa qa‘s lé k:!px‘wi’- 
deq. Wi, g'i’l'mésé gwal k:!px-4/lax tse/nxwa‘yasexs la’e po’x'ddxa 
klwa’x'muté xa’qa. Wai, a/lfmésé gwa’tnxs la’é ‘witla k-!nx‘wi'dxa 
xaqé, wi, léda ts!eda’qé ax‘é’dxa im‘rma’‘yé 10’Elq!wa qa‘s ts!0/- 
35 xtig-‘indéq. Wai, la qrpts!o’tsa ‘wa’pé lag. Wii, la xwé’laqa k‘ax’- 
dzamO/lilas 1a’xa Lé‘lanrmé. Wai, la’x-da‘xweé ts!n/nts!enx‘wida. 
Wa, gi/lfmésé gwa’lexs la’é na’x‘ida. Wa, gil'mésé gwal na’qaxs 
la’é hd’qitwelsa. Wa, laz’m gwa’la memelé’kwag’é la’xéq. Wa, 
lan’m k:!és ha‘ma’‘ya melé’kwixa gaa’la qaxs xb/nLelaé tsE’nxwa. 
40 Wi, a/fem ha‘ma’xa la neqi’la LEfwa dza’qwa, qaxs xE/nLElaé 
