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takes her tongs and takes out the dried fins, || and she puts them into 
the small dish. When the small dish is full, | she calls her children 
and her husband to come and sit down. | Then they drink fresh 
water; and after they finish drinking, | they take whole pieces of dried 
fins and eat them. They | hold them in their hands while they are 
eating. After they have finished || eating, the woman takes the small 
dish and pours back | into the kettle what is left over. She pours 
some water | into (the dish) and washes it out inside; and when it is 
clean, she | pours more fresh water into it, and they wash their 
hands. | As soon as this is finished, they drink fresh water. That is 
all || about this. They do not dip it into oil, for it is fat; | and it is 
also not given at feasts to other people, for | only the owners eat it. 
The Indians always | drink water before they begin to eat and when 
they have finished; | for the people in olden times said that if they 
should not drink || water when they were about to eat, those who 
should forget | to drink water before they eat or when they finish 
would rot inside. | The reason why they rinse their mouths in the 
morning before they eat is to | get off the sleepiness of the throat. 
Therefore they do this way. | That is all about this. || 
Halibut-Spawn.—Halibut-spawn is not kept for a long time. | As 
soon as it is half dried, it is boiled | in a smal kettle. Some water is 
qa‘s le k'lipts!o’dés la’logiimé. Wa, gi’lfmésé qo’t !éda ta’logtima- 2 
séxs la’é 1é’‘lalaxés sa’seEmé LE‘wis li/‘wtinemé qa g-a’xés kliis‘- 
lita. Wa, lé na’x‘idxa a’lta ‘wa’pa. Wa, gi’lmésé ewal na’qaxs 
la’é da’x*idxa sena’la pa’Lasda qa‘s hi‘mx-i’déq. Wa, lan’m 
a’em déda’lalilqéxs la’é ha‘ma’pa. Wii, gi/lfemxaa’wisé gwal 
ha‘ma’pa la’éda ts!mda’qé k-a’g‘ilitxa 1a’logtimé qa‘s 1é qepstE’nd- 
xés hii‘mx'sa’yé la’xa hi’nxLanowé. Wai, la gixts!d’tsa Swa’ pé 
lag. Wa, la ts!o’xtig‘indeq. Wa, gi’l*mésé 6’gig-axs la’é xwé’laqa 
giixts!6’tsa a/Ita ‘wap laq. W4, la’x-da‘xwé ts!n/nts'Enx*wida. Wa, 
gi’lfmeésé gwa’texs la’é na’x‘idxa a’lta ‘wa’pa. Wa, lan’m gwal 
la’xéq. Wai, laz’m k:!és ts!epa’x 1!é’na qaxs tse/nxwaé. Wai, 
lak’mxaa k:!és k!we’ladzem 1a’xa 6’gti‘la begwa’nema, yixs 4’*maé 
!e’x‘apm ha‘ma’qéda axnd’gwadiis. Wi, la hé’menalafma ba’k!timé 
na’naqalgiwalaxa ‘wa’paxs k:!é’s‘maé ha‘mx“‘i’da Loxs la’é gwa’ta, 
qaxs ‘né/k'aéda ga’lé bregwa’nemxs g'i’l'mélaxé k-!és na’x‘idxa 
‘wa’paxs g'a’é ha’*maaxés ha‘mii’Lé, wi, la xaxe’x‘idéda L!Elé’watyé 
na’x‘idxa ‘wa’paxs k:!é’s‘maé hi‘mx~i’da, Loxs la’é gwa’la. Wi, 
hé’‘mis la’gitas ts!pwe’L!exddxa gaa’lixs g’a’laé ha’*maa qa 
lawa’yésés brq!tilé’L!exawa‘yé. Wa, hé’‘mis la’g-itas hé gwé’gile. 
Wa, laz’m gwat la’xéq. 
Halibut-Spawn (T'sii’p !édza‘yé).— Wii, k!é’sLa gii’la &xé/lakwa tsii- 
plédzatyasa p!a’yé. Gi/lfem k:!a’yax‘widexs 1a’é hi/nx-LentsESwa 
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