384 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN. 35 
31 about again to call the guests. | The woman spreads out the mats for 
the feasters all round the | house. As soon as she has finished, she 
takes out her box with dried salmon, | and her oil, and also food- 
dishes and oil-dishes. | When they are all ready, the guests enter; || 
35 and when they are all in, they | first take the dried salmon out of the 
box. Then they are scorched | in the way I told first, when I spoke 
about a real feast given to the | invited tribes; for dried salmon is the 
first course. After | they have eaten the dried salmon, the kettles 
40 are put || on the fire in the middle of the house. They do not put 
the | meat of the codfish at once into the kettles that were put on the 
fire. | When (the water) begins to boil, the woman takes her | basket 
and places it in the boiling water. Then | she takes her tongs and 
45 picks up with them the meat of the || codfish that is tied together, and 
she puts it with the tongs into the basket which is in the water | in 
the kettle. She only stops doing so when it is all in the water. | 
The woman does not allow it to be in the water for a long 
time. Then she takes her | tongs and pushes them through the 
handles of the basket and lifts it out of the water. | Then she puts it 
50 into a large dish. .Then she at once unties the || ropes which had 
been tied around (the meat). Then the woman spreads out the 
meat | of the codfish, and she takes a spoon and scrapes off the | 
scales. As soon as they are all off, she breaks the meat into pieces | 
31 lée’da ts!mda’qé Lepsé‘stali’Inlasa k!wé’Lé 1é’*we® lax Awi’‘stalitasés 
go/kwe. Wii, gi’l'mésé gwa’texs la’é ha‘nd’It!alitxés x4/myats!é 
xEtsE’/ma LEfwis L!é’/*na; wi, hé’*misa 10’Elq!wé LE‘wa’ ts!é’ts!E- 
bats!@. Wa, gi’lsmésé ‘na’xwa la gwa’xgtililexs g-a’xaé ho’gwi- 
35 Leléda élanemé. Wa, g‘i’lfmésé ‘witlaéLéda k!wé’Laxs la’é hé 
gil ix*witilts!a’layasa xama’sé la’xa xetse’mé. !Wi, la ts!ex~‘i’tsESwa 
la’xen 1a’x‘‘idi gwa’gwex's‘alasa, qaxs 4’lak:!alaé k!wé’lasa Lé’*la- 
lixa le’Ilqwilana‘ye, la’g-iltsa xama’sé ts!ai’gidzema. W4A, gi’/l'mésé 
gwal ha‘ma’pxa xama’saxs la’é hi’nx'Lendayowéda hi’nx‘Lanowé 
40 la’xa la’k-‘awalittsa g'o’kwe. Wa, k-!é’st!la hé’xid &x‘str’ntsa 
q!z’mlalisa ne’ts!a‘yé la’xa la hanx Lala la’xa legwi’léda hanhr’nx-- 
Lanowe. Wa, gi/l'mésé mrdn’lx‘widexs la’éda ts!mda’qé Ax‘é’dxa 
Ipxa’‘ye qa‘s hin‘str’/ndés la’xa map’mdelqtla ‘wa’pa. Wai, la 
aixe’dxés klipna’la qa‘s k'lip!e’dés 1a’xa yiltsema’la q!n’/mlaliisa 
45 ne’tslafye. Wa, la k-‘!ipts!o’ts la’xa lexa’‘yé la hi/n‘stala 1a’xa 
hi’nx'Lanowe. Wi, a’lméseé gwal hé gwe’g-ilaxs la‘é ‘wi‘la‘sta. Wi, 
lafmé’séda ts!nda’gé k'!és hé’tq!alaq gé‘sta’laxs la’é L!n’nxts!dtsa 
k!ipra’la lax k-!a’k: !ogwaasasa Ipxa’‘yé qa‘s k!wét'westr’ndéq. Wa, 
la hi/ndzots la’xa ‘wa’lasé 10’q!wa. Wai, hé’x‘idatmésé qwée’tilaxa 
50 dédenn’mé yae’ltsemés. Wa, lé’da ts!eda’qé Lep!é’dxa q!n’mla- 
lisa né’tslafye. Wa, la 4x‘e’dxa k-a’ts!enagé qa‘s k-éx4’lés la’xa 
go’betas. Wa, gi’lfmésé ‘witlixs la’e k!ii’Ik!tpsilaxa q!n’mlalé 
