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poured into the | small kettle, and it is put over the fire of the house. 
5 As soon || as the water begins to boil, the woman takes down the | 
spawn from where it is hanging, and puts it into the boiling | kettle 
on the fire. After it has been boiling for a long time, | it is taken off 
and is done. Then the woman takes a | small dish and a spoon, and 
10 she dips out the boiled || spawn and puts it into the small dish. As 
soon as | it is all out of the water, they drink water, and they just 
take it up with their hands | and bite off the end as they eat it; and 
they do not eat much | before they finish, for this is not very good 
food. | The men do not often eat the spawn. That is the only || 
15 reason why the woman boils it, that it brings bad luck if it is not | 
boiled; for the men of early times said, that, if it were not done, | 
her husband would not get a bite,—if for once | the woman should 
not boil what comes from the halibut caught by her | husband. As 
20 soon as the woman finishes eating, || she pours out what is left over. 
Then she drinks water. | That is all about this. | 
Middle Piece of Halibut.—I have forgotten | the piece in the mid- 
dle,—the fat that is under the skin between | the two flat sides of the 
25 halibut, the meat just on top of the || backbone. As soon as the skin 
is taken off, the | woman cuts off the piece in the middle, and there 
3 la’xaaxa ha‘ne’mé. Wai, lan’m 4’em gtixts!0’yuwéda ‘wa’pé 1a’xa 
hasnn’mé qa‘s ha’nx'Lanowé 1a’xa lmgwi’lasa g:o’kwe. Wa, gi’l- 
5 ‘mésé mEdn’|x‘widéda ‘wa’paxs la’éda ts!eda’gé &xa’xodxa tsii’p !6- 
dza‘yé la’xés gé’xwalaasé qa‘s ix‘ste’ndés 1a’xa man’mdelqila 
hi/nx'Lanoxs hi/nx‘ralamaé. Wa, la gé’gilifem mar/mdelqtilaxs 
la’é hi/nx'sand. Wa, lan’m v!d’pa. Wa, lé’da ts!mda’qé &x°é’dxés 
fa’logtimé Lefwa ka’ts!menaqé qa‘s xpldstendéxa ha’nxLaakwé 
10 tsi’plédzazya qa‘s lé xelts!4/las la’xa 1a’logtimée. Wii, g‘i/lfmésé 
ewitlostaxs la’é na’x‘idxa ‘wa’pe. Wi, a’meése da’x“itsés eceyasowée’ 
faq qa‘s q!ngi’tba‘yéxés ha‘ma‘cye. Wi, la k-lés a’lanm q!é’k:!Es 
la’qéxs la’é gwa’ta, qaxs k'!é’saé &’lamm ék: ha‘ma’tya. Wa, la 
klés q!ima’la hatma’pa begwa’nemaxa tsii’p!édzatyé. Wai, 1é’x-a- 
15 ‘més la’gilas ts!eda’qé hi’nxLendEq, qaxs aé’/kilaé k'lés hi’nx:- 
LEndEq, qaxs ‘né’k'aéda g-a’lé begwa’nemgéxs k:!é’sélaxé ]a’lax 
q!ek-a’so la’xé 10’gityos ta’*wiinemas qo k’!é’slax ‘ne’mp!enalaxéda 
ts!eda’qé ha/nx'Lendlixa g‘a’yolé la’xa p!a’yé, ya’nemsés 1a’- 
fwinpmé. Wa, gi/lfmésé gwal ha‘ma’pa ts!mda’qaxs la’é &’mm 
20 qEpEwe'Isxés hi‘mx'sa/*ye. Wii, la’xaé na’x‘idxa ‘wa’pé. Wai, 
lan’m gwal la’xéq. 
Middle Piece of Halibut.— Wa, hé’xo_en L!Elé’wése‘wéda q!wa’q!i- 
sawa‘yé, yixa 4xa’la tse’/nxwé la’xa Awa’ba‘yasa L!eé’sé la’xa Ewi’g'a- 
‘yé Lof Ok!waédza‘yasa p!a’‘yé, yix k!tita’layosa q!e’mlalé lax nexE- 
25 na’‘yasa hifmo’md. Wi, gi’lfmé lawi’yéda L!é’saxs la’éda ts!E- 
da’qé sapo’dxa q!wa’q!tsa’watyé. Wa, la xt’Ikwatéda axa’sdis. 
