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and she cuts down its back way down to its | tail. She cuts close to 
the backbone, and || she only stops cutting when she gets down to the 
belly. Then she turns it over | so that its head turns away from her; 
and she cuts along the upper side of the dorsal fin | again close to its 
backbone, | and she only stops cutting when the cuts meet at the 
belly. | Then she takes the head and pulls it off with the || backbone; 
and she puts it on an old mat which is spread on the floor of the 
house. | Then she takes cedar-rope and ties it around the flesh side 
of the | codfish, in this manner: Then the flesh-side is 
on the outside, | and the scales are on the inside. 
After she has finished many of these, | she sends her 
husband to call his tribe to come || to a feast. As soon 
as her husband is gone, the woman takes | her large 
kettles and puts them down inside, by the | door of the house. Then 
she takes buckets and carries them | to the place where the kettles are, 
and also long-handled | tongs, and also a basket; and she asks some || 
young men of her husband’s numaym to come and help her build a 
fire in the middle of the | house where the feast is to be. As soon as 
the fire in the middle of the house blazes up, | the young men pick 
up the buckets and go to draw water; | and when they come back, 
they pour it at once into the | kettles; and they only stop when they 
are half full of water. || When they have finished, the young men go 
ts!a’snafyas. Wai, la ma’kildzddalax xem6’moéweg‘a‘yas. Wi, 
a’i'mésé gwat xwa’Laxs la’é la’g-aa lax tek: !i’s. Wa, la xwe’lSidmq 
qa qwe’sgemalés. Wii, la’xaa 6’k:!dddzdda‘laxa q !wii’g'atyaséxs 
la’é xwa’Kideg. Wi, lan’mxaa ma’kildzoda’laxa xEm0/mowée’g'atye. 
Wa, a’fmésé gwal xwa’Laxs la’é ln’Ilg‘owé xwa’La‘yas lax tek: lii’s. 
Wi, 4’*mésé la da’x‘idxa hé’x'tla‘yé qa né’xodéq Le‘wi’s xEm0’- 
mowegatyé qa‘s gé’dzddés la’xa Lebe'lé k'!a’k!obani. Wa, la 
axé’dxa dbr’/nsené denr’ma qa‘s yiltse’mdés ]a’xa q!n/mlalisa 
né’ts!atyé ga gwii’lég'a (fig.). Wi, larm L!asadzatyéda q!Emtadza‘yé. 
Wai, la na’q!egatya go/brtadzatye. Wai, gi’l'mésé gwa'ta q!e/neEmaxs 
la’é ‘ya’laqaxes la’wiinemé qa lés 1é’‘lalaxés g°d/ktloté qa g-a’xés 
k!we'la. Wa, gi’lfmésé lé la’*winkmaséxs la’éda ts!nda’qé ix‘e’d- 
xés iwa’wé ha’nhenx'Land qa‘s g’a’xé hansto’lilas la’xa Awi’Leliis 
tléxi’liisés gd’kwe. Wai, la ax‘e’dxa néna’gats!@ qa ga’xés 
hatné’t lax &xa’sasa hi/nhenx'Lanowé; wii, hé/‘misés g‘i/Isg‘ilt!a 
k !ék:!tpia’la; wai, hé’*misa lexa’tyé. Wi, la hé’laxa g-a’yole 
haya’fa lax ‘ne‘mé’motasés la’*wtinemé qa ga’xés 1a’qolilxa 
k!we’ladzats!éLé g'0’kwa. Wa, gi’lfmésé x‘i’qostiwéda laqawa’- 
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litaxs la’éda ha‘ya’lfa k-!o’qilitxa néna’gats!é qa‘s lé tsix ‘wa’pa. _ 
Wa, gi’lfmésé g'a’xexs la’é hé’ts!alamm giixts!4’las la’xa ha’n- 
henx'Lanowe. Wai, a’fmesé gwa’lpxs la’e ‘nar/ngoydlaxa ‘wa’pe. 
Wa, gi’lsmésé gwa’Ipxs la’é @’tsé‘stéda ha‘yal’‘ixa k!we’Lé. Wai, 
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