394 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [DTH. ANN. 35 
kettle, until it is half full, | and she leaves it by the side of the fire. 
20 Then she takes the kelp-fish and || puts them into a small basket, 
and she places it near the | side of the fire. Then she takes the 
short | wedges which are always kept in the house, and also a short 
wall-board. | Generally she uses the stern-seat of a small canoe. She 
puts it down | close to the small basket in which the kelp-fish are 
25 kept, and she does the same || with the short wedge. Then she takes 
one kelp-fish out of the | little basket. She holds the head of the 
kelp-fish, and puts its | body into the fire. Then she turns it over; 
and as soon as | she sees that the scales begin to come off from the 
skin, | she puts it down on an old mat that has been spread out on 
30 the floor of the house. She takes her || knife and scrapes off the scales 
that are loose. Then she turns | the fish over and over as she scrapes 
off the scales. As soon as all | the scales are off, she puts the fish 
on its belly on the | stern-seat of the small canoe, on which the fish 
is beaten. She holds it with the left hand, by the | head. With the 
35 right hand she takes the flat point of a || short wedge, and with 
the top end beats the | back of the kelp-fish, beginning at the back of 
the head, and beating down to the tail. | She only stops beating when 
the body of the kelp-fish is 
soft. | After she has 
beaten it,she takes her | fish- ZI) ) LEE knife and cuts’ the 
40 body across in this manner. After || she has cut it 
6’x'siémésé hafna’lis la’xa lngwi'te. Wa, lai 4x°é’dxa pExi’té qa‘s 
90 k:!pxts!6’dés la’xa la’laxamé. WA, li hi’ng-alitas la’xa ma’k-ala 
lax on@’lisasa legwi’lé. Wa, 1a’xaé &x‘e’dxa ts!ek!wa’ hémenél 
LEmg’ayisa g° d/kwé. Wai, hé’misats!nx"st6 ts!ats!ax'sema. Hé’eEm 
q{iina’la 8/xsE*wa gixsa’sa xwa’xwagtime. W4, li pax‘a’lila la’xa 
ma’g‘tnwalilasa pex'i’dats!é 1a’laxama. Wa, hé’emxaa’wisé ix‘a- 
25 li‘lasa ts!ex"std Le/mgayaé. Wé, la dalts!o’dxa ‘nn’mé pExii’t la’xa 
la‘/laxameée. WaéA, li da’la hé’x't!a‘yasa pEex‘i’taxs ta’é k‘a’tLents 
o’k!winatyas la’xa legwi'le. Wa, li le’xi‘lilaq. Wa, g‘i’/l*mésé 
do’qiilaq la ‘witla ‘wi’wéxap!édéda go’brté la’xa L!é’saxs, la’é 
Axdzo’ts la’xa Lebi/lé k!a’k:!obana. Wa, li &x‘e’dxés xwa’La- 
39 yowé qa‘s k-éxa’les la’xa la k-lina’la go’beta. Wa, laz’m 1é’x1- 
‘lalaxa pex'i’taxs k-éxa’laax go’brt !pnatyas. Wa, gi’lf'mésé ‘witla- 
weda peer inne la’é ma’dzdtsa pEx'i’té la’xa t!nlo’dza 
gixsd’sa xwa’xwagimé. Wa, 1a dia’lasés ge’mxdlts!ana lax 
hé’x't !atyas. aes la da’x“itsés hé/tk-!dts!anatyé lax pr’lba‘yasa 
35 ts!ex"stowé LE/mg:aya. Wai, Ja t!n’lx*wits 0’xta‘yas lax Awi’g'a- 
eyasa pEx'l’té gi’gitela lax 0’xLaata‘yas, hé’bendala lax 6’xsda- 
eyas. Wa, a’l'mésé gwal t!e’lxwaqéxs la’é tent !édé o’k!wina‘yasa 
pexi'té. Wa, gi/mésé gwat t!n’lxwaqéxs la’é &x‘é’dxés xwa’- 
Layowe qa‘fs qatet!e’dex 6’k!winafyas g'a gwi'lég'a (fig.). Wa, 
40 gilfmésé gwal qatétagéxs laé ma‘ste’nts lax ‘wa’brts!alasa heme - 
