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beginning at the neck, down | to the belly, until she comes to 
the | tail, in this manner: Now it is called “split | kelp- 
fish.”” As soon as this has been done, she hangs it up 
over the | fire of the house; and when it is half dried, it is 
cooked. || First she takes her small kettle, pours some | 
water into it, and, when it is half full, she puts it on 
the fire. | She takes down the split fish and cuts it into two parts, | 
and she cuts one side into three pieces; and she does | the same to 
the other side, in this manner: | Now it is in six pieces. || She 
throws away the tail, and throws the pieces | of fish 
into the kettle in which the water is boiling. | I think 
the length of time that it is on the fire is more than half | 
an hour by the watch, and then it isdone. She | takes the 
kettle off the fire. She takes a small dish || and puts it down by the 
side of the kettle. | She takes her tongs and with them she lifts 
the fish and puts it | into the small dish; and when it is all in, she 
drinks water; | and after drinking, she takes a piece of the | boiled 
kelp-fish, pinches off the meat, and puts it into her || mouth. Now 
she is eating the meat. She does not eat the | skin, on account of 
the scales: therefore she just puts it back into the | dish. After 
she has eaten, she takes the | small dish from which she has eaten, 
oitela lax 6/xawa‘ya hi’xela lax tek'!a’s la’g-aa lax 6’xnafyas 
ts la! snafya g’a gwilé ga (fig.). Wa, lan’m 1 ‘gades q!wa’g gek" 
pExi/ta. Wa, gi’ Emese ewa’lpxs la’é ge ’xwits lax nEqa ‘stAwasa 
Ingwi'lasés g° a/kwe é. a, gi/l'mésé k:!a’ yax'widpxs la’é hafmé’x'si- 
lase'wa. WéA, hé’em gil 4x‘@’tsd’sés ha‘npmé. Wa, la gtixts!d’tsa 
fwa’pe laq qa nego ‘yoxsial@séxs la’é ha’nx'Lents 1a’xés legwi’lé 
Wa, la ixaxo’dxa q!wa/erkwé pex'i’ta qa‘s héx'sr’/ndé t!0’ts iendeq. 
Wa, la yu’dux"send ta! t!nts!alaxa Apsode’lé. Wa, la’xaé hé’nm- 
xat! gwé’x‘idxa ipso’dilé g'a gwi’lég'a (fig.). Wa, lan’m q!ev!a’- 
xsfa. Wai, la’La 4’em ts!ex‘é’dxa ts!a’snatyas. Wa, li Axstn’/ntsa 
t!mwe’kwée pexl’t ta’xa hi’nx Lala hi’nxLandxs la’é mar/mdelqilés 
ewa’pe. Wi, ko’tat!entaq haiya’qax nesEgiLe’la la’xa q!a’q!a- 
lak‘!afyaxens ‘na’liqé ‘wa’*wastalasaséxs la’é L!0’pa. Wa, laz’m 
hi’/nx'sanowéda h&’nx'Lanowe. Wi, hé’‘mis ix‘étsd’sés 1a/logtimé 
qa’s ga’xé k-a’gvalitas lax ma’g‘inwalilasa hi’nx‘Lanowe. Wa, la 
ax°é’dxés ts !é’siala qa‘s klip !i’dés la’xa prexi’té qa‘s la k-!ipts!4/las 
]a’xa la‘logtime. Wa, gi’lfmése ‘witlts!axs la’é na’x‘idxa ‘wa’pé. 
Wa, g@ i'l mésé gwal na ‘qaxs laé da’x‘idxa ‘nk’mé 1a’/xa t!ewe’kwe 
ha/nxLaak"® pExi ‘ta qafs épé’léx q!n/mlalis qa‘s ts!6’q!tisés 1a’xés 
sb/msé. Wii, lan’m hi‘ma’pex q!emlaliis. Wii, la k !és hi‘ma’prx 
L!é’sas qaxs Axa’laé go’betas la’gilas 4’pm xwé’laq Axts!Alas lixa 
lo’q!we. Wa, gi/l&mésé gwal ha*ma’pexs la’é da’x“‘idxés hi‘ma’ts!é 
