Boas] RECIPES 361 
for there is very little fat in this food. As soon as | the guests finish 
eating, fresh water is drawn, and they drink. || After they have 
finished drinking, the guests wait for | the second course. Thus 
they finish eating the dried halibut. | 
Halibut-Skin and Meat.—Now I will talk | about the mixed half- 
dried halibut-skin and half-dried halibut. | When the drying 
halibut and the skin are half dry, the | woman takes the half-dried 
halibut and cuts it down in strips || one finger-width wide, in this | 
manner: As soon as it is all cut up, she takes the skin and | 
cuts it also straight down into strips, in the manner in 
which she made the narrow strips of | dried halibut. As 
soon as all the narrow strips are done, she puts | one narrow 
strip of skin and one narrow strip of half-dried halibut 
one on the other, || and she rolls them up into a ball; and she 
just tucks the end | under the top of the tight strip of | skin and 
half-dried halibut. This is the size of an egg of a | sea-gull. As 
soon as all that she is doing is done, she takes the | kettle and 
pours water into it, and she only stops || pouring water into it when 
the kettle is half full. Then | she puts it on the fire; and when it 
begins to boil, | she takes the balls of. skin and dried halibut, 
and puts them | into the boiling kettle on the fire. However, she 
ema’fyaé yixs ho’lataéda L!éniixs ha‘ma’‘yae. Wa gi’lfmésé gwal 
ha‘ma’pa k!we’laxs la’é tsé’x“‘itsosa Alta ‘wa’pa qa na’x‘idés. Wa, 
gi/l'mésé gwal na’qaxs la’é &iwn’/lgemg-aliléda k!we'lé qa‘s he’- 
lég'intse'we. Wa, lan’m gwa’la ha‘ma’paxa lemo’kwé k:!a’wasa. 
Halibut-Skin and Meat.—Wi, la‘mé’sen é’t!édel gwa’gwéx’s‘ilal 
la’xa mayima’kwasa k:!a’yaxwé L!és LE‘wa k:!a’yaxwe k!a’wasa. 
Wa, hé’*maaxs la’é k'!a’yax‘widéda k:'!a’wasé Le‘wa L!é’sé, lé’da 
ts!eda’gé &x°é’dxa k'!a’yaxwé k'!4’wasa qa‘s neqema’xddé k:!5!pa- 
laxa ‘na/lnemdendzayaakwé 1a’xens ts!ema’lax'ts!ana‘yéxga gwi- ! 
fég'a (fig.). Wa, gi’mésé ‘witwe’Ix'sexs la’é ix‘é/dxa L!é’sé qa‘s 
t!o’t!ets!e’ndéxat! neqema’xodEq lax gwi’laasaséda ts!élts!nq!0’ 
k !a’wasa. Wa, gi’l*mésé ‘witla ts!élts!nq!axs la’é pa’prqoda’léda 
ts!eda’qaxa ts!é/Its!zeq!a Liés Letwa tslélts!eq!a k'!a’wasa. Wa, 
la lé*x"sm’/mdrq qa lés 16’Elsema. Wii, 4/*mésé la g‘ip!é’ts d’bafyas 
lax hwa’ba‘yasa O’ba‘yé la’xa la tnk!tta’la qex’spmé o-a’yol lai’xa 
Llé’sé LE'wa k-!a’wasé. Wi, la ya’Em la ‘wa’lasa ts!@’gund’sa 
ts!é’/k!wé. Wa, gi’l*mésé ‘witla gwa’lé ixse‘wa’séxs la’é Ax‘é/dxa 
hi/nx'Lanowé qa‘s giixts!d’désa ‘wa’pé laq. Wa, a’Kkmésé gwal 
giiqa’sa ‘wa’pé la’qéxs la’é negoya’léda hi’nxLanowé. Wii, la 
hi/nx'Lents ]a’xés legwi/lé. Wa, gfi/lmésé medelx*wi’dexs la/é 
ix’é/dxa xwextilé’xspmakwé L’és LESwa k-!a’wasé qa‘s aixsta’lés 
1a’xa mar/mdelqila hi’nx Lala la’xa legwi'lé. Wa, k-!é’st!a 4’lazm 
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