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it, because it is hard. When she finishes eating, | taking it up with 
25 her hands as she eats, she puts down her || small food-dish and pours 
out (the contents) outside of the house; for they do | not often eat 
all the poked skin, | and also it is not good when it is boiled again 
after it has been cold. | Therefore it is only thrown away. When | 
the woman comes in again into her house, she pours water into (her 
30 small dish) || and washes it out; and when it is clean, | she pours 
fresh water into it, and they all wash their hands; | and after they 
have finished, they do not eat a second course. Sometimes the old 
people | eat with spoons the liquid of the poked salmon, and they 
35 eat | dried halibut raw and dry with the poked skin. || After they 
have eaten, they drink fresh water. | This also is not given at a feast 
given by the chief to his tribe; | only the owner eats it; and they do 
not | dip it into oil, for it is really fat. That is | all about this. || 
1 Boiled Halibut-Edges.—When | the (halibut-) edges begin to be dry, 
and when there are many of them, | they are tied in the middle with 
narrow strips of cedar-bark, and they hang in the | rear of the fire of 
5 the house. Then the owner invites || the chiefs in. As soon as they 
are all in the house, the woman | takes a kettle and puts it down on 
the side of the | fire nearest the door. She takes down sometimes 
xa/max'ts!anaéna‘tyaxs ha‘ma’paé, wi, la k-a’g-ilitxés ha‘maa’ts!éda 
25 ta’logiimé qa‘s lé qeprwe'lsaq 1a’xa L!a’sanf‘yasés g'd’kwé qaxs 
k-le’saé q!iina’la ‘witla ha‘mx~i’dxa q!0/dekwé L!é’sa. Wa, hé’- 
emiséxs k-!é’saé ék: lax é’t!lédé hi’nx'Lentsdxs la’é wtidex“i’da. 
Wa, hé’‘mis 1a’g‘itas 4’km ts!ex‘i’dayowe. Wii, g‘i/lfmésé g-A’x 
édéréda ts!eda’qé la’xés g‘d’kwaxs la’é giixts!0’tsa ‘wa’pé laq 
30 qa‘s_ ts!o’xtig‘indéxés {a’logiimé. Wa, gi’l*mésé é’g'ig‘axs la’é 
giixts!6’tsa alta ‘wap la’qéxs la’é ‘witla ts!n’ Maimaqide Wi, 
gi’/lsmésé gwa’texs la’é k'!és hé’lég‘inda. Wi, lé’da q!ilsqt’ltyakwe 
uate mp!ena yo’sax ‘wa’ pales q!o’ dekwe Lle’sa LOXS masaasa 
k-la’wase k'!nlx’ &’em Ie’mxwa 1a’xa q!0’dekwé L!é’sa. Wa, 
gi/lfmésé gwal ha‘ma’pexs la’é na’x‘idxa a’tta ‘wa’pa. Wa, 
ke 'e’sfemxaa hitmgilayo 1a’xa k!wé’laséda gi ‘gima‘yaxés g° Wie 
loté. Lé’x'arm ha‘ma’pqéda axnod i eradest Wi, la’xaa k:!és 
ts!n/ppla la’xa L!é’na qaxs 4’lak'!alaé tsm’/nxwa. Wa, laz’mxaa 
gwal la’xeq. 
Boiled Halibut-Edges (Ha’nx'Laak" xwa’xtisenxé‘).—Wa, hé’- 
‘maaxs la’é ln’mx*widéda xwa’xtisenxa‘yaxs la’é q!é’nEma 1a’xés 
laé/nafyé yiLo’yolaxa ts!é’q!é dmna’sa. Wa, la té’ktlatela lax 
) ieynwalitnse legwi'lasa g’o’kwe. Wa, lé’da &xno’gwadis 1é/‘la- 
5 laxa gii/xsii. Wa, fea Iemésé go ax ewritlast lacs la’éda ts!nda’qe 
solace hi’nx'Lanowé qa‘s lé ha’ng:alilaq 1a’xa obé’x‘Lalalitasa 
Ingwi'le. Wa, la 4xa’xodxa ‘na’inemp!ena sek:!a’x‘idodyola xwa’- 
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