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57 tongs. She puts them down with the skin below in front | of the 
guests, and she pours oil into oil-dishes, | and she puts down one in 
front of every four men. | The feasters themselves break the fish; || 
60 and when it is all broken in pieces, they begin to eat. | Then they dip 
it in oil, for all the fat comes out while | it is being roasted, and there- 
fore itis dry. As soon as they have finished | eating the roasted fish, 
they drink fresh water; | and after they have finished drinking they go 
65 out. Roasted kelp-fish is not || given at a feast to many tribes, for they | 
never catch much of it. Therefore only the friends, husband and. 
wife, | or the numaym, or strangers, eat roasted | kelp-fish. Now, 
* that is all about this. | 
Kelp-Fish (3).—Oh, I forgot to talk about | wind-dried kelp- 
fish. It is cut in the same way as the roasted | kelp-fish. 
The only difference is, that the backbone is taken out, | and 
the scales are left on in the same way as the scales are left 
on || roasted fish. They do not eat the skin of the roasted 
kelp-fish, for | they only eat the meat. After the feasters 
have eaten the roasted kelp-fish, | they throw away the 
skin. When | the woman finishes cutting open the kelp-fish, 
she splits thin pieces of | cedar-sticks and spreads the fish 
10 with two of them so as to keep it open, || in this manner: | 
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57 la’xés Lé‘lanrme. Wa, Jai k!t’/nxts!dtsa L!é’*na 1a’xa_ts!é’ts!eba- 
ts!é qa‘s li k'ag‘imlilelas lax L!a’sa‘yasa maé’mokwé bé’brgwa- 
nema. Wa, la q!tlé’xs'em Le/nqwéda k!wé’laxa pEx‘i’té. Wa, 
60 gi’lsmésé ‘wi’welx’s Le’ngekiixs la’é ‘witla hi‘mx*‘i’da. Wai, 
lan’m ts!mpa’s la‘xa L!é’na qaxs ‘witlimaé tsE/nxwa‘yaséxs la’é 
L!0’pasE‘wa. Wa, hé’‘mis la’g:ilas le’mxwe. Wai, gi’l'mésé gwal 
LIEL!0’brgtixa L!0’bekwaxs la’é na’gék-rlaxa a’lta ‘wa’pa. Wa, 
ei/lmésé gwat na’qaxs la’é ho’qtiwelsa. Wa, k‘!é’s*emxaéda L!0/- 
65 bekwé pexi’t k!wé’ladzem 1a’xa q!é’nemé 1é/lqwilanatya qaxs 
k-!é’saé q!iina’la q!pyo’Lanmma, 1a’g-itas 1é’x‘a‘méda ‘né‘nEm6’kwé 
LE‘wa ha‘tyasek-dla Le*wa ‘nE‘mé’moté Lefwa ba’gtinsée L!EL!d’- 
brgtixa pexi’té. . Wi, lan’m gwal la’xéq. 
1 Kelp-Fish (3).—A, hé’xdtmn @’t!édri gwa’gwéx's‘alastéda x‘i’]- 
kwé pexi/ta. Hé’em gwii/lé xwa’Latyasé xwa’La‘yasa L!d/bekwé 
pexi’ta. Wa, lé’x-afmés 6/giix‘idayoséxs la‘wryakwa‘és xa’k:!a- 
dzowé. Wai, la 4xa’larmxaé g0’betas hé gwi'lé gd’brEtasa L!0’bE- 
5 kwaxs &xa’la‘maé. Wa, li k-les ha‘ma’é 1!é’sasa L!d’/bekwé yixs 
lé’xaf‘maé hafma’é q!n/mlaliis. Wa, gi/l'mésé gwal L!eL!d’brgwe- 
da k!wé’taxs la’é 4’Em ts!ex‘édayowéda L!é’sas. Wa, g‘i’l'em 
gwa’léda ts!mda’qé xwa’Laxa péx‘i’taxs la’é x0’x‘widxa wisweltowé 
k!watxtawa qa‘s qrtli’désa ma/Its!aqé la’xa prxi/té qa LEpa’tés 
10 gia gwi’'lég'a (fig.). 
