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16 inside of the pectoral fin, and puts her forefinger on the outside. | 
Then she bends it outward and twists the skin off at that place. | 
Then she turns the fins back and pulls them off | with the intestines 
20 and the gills. When she has finished, || she throws the intestines into 
a small hand-basket. | She puts the clean kelp-fish back on the 
spread | mat, and she does not stop until all the kelp-fish have 
been cut. | Then the woman takes in one hand the small basket 
containing the intestines, and carries it | to the beach and pours the 
25 contents of the small basket || ito the salt water. She puts the 
small basket into the water and | washes off the slime outside and 
inside. After she has done so, | she puts down the little basket on 
the beach, and then she takes some of the | intestines of the kelp-fish 
and pulls it off from the | stomach. She leaves the gill at one end 
30 of it. || Then she washes the intestines so that all the blood comes off; 
and she pulls it through | (between her thumb and fingers), so that all 
the food-contents come out. As soon as this is done, | she turns it 
inside out, so that the stomach is turned inside out; | and she washes 
it, and finally throws it into the | small basket. She does the same 
35 to all the others; || and as soon as all the stomachs have been washed, 
the woman | takes up the basket containing the gills and puts it | 
into the sea-water, and shakes it so that all the blood and the | slime 
16 lax 0’ts!A{wasa pépEL!xawa‘yé. Wa, li L!a’sadzatyé ts!mema’lax'ts!a- 
nafyaseéxs la’é L!o’t!édeq. Wa, hé’*mis la qwa’p!édaats L!é’sas. 
Wa, latmeé neLa’wé pépei!xa’watyas. Wa, a’*més la nexd’deq 
‘wi'‘la LE°wa’ ts!pyi’mé LESwa q!0’snatyas. Wi, gi’/lf'mésé gwa’texs 
20 la’é ts!exts!0’ts la’xa k'!6’gwats!é la’/laxaméda yax'yrg‘ilé. Wa, 
la’‘La xwé’laqaem &x‘adzo’/lalasa 1a t!egi’k® prxi’t la/xa Lebe'le 
te’*watya. Wa, la a’lfrm gwa’texs la’é ‘witla la t!egi’kwa pEex''té. 
Wa, la’da ts!eda’q@ k-!o’qtililxa yax-yigilats!é la’laxama qa‘s lés 
‘a’xa Lipmatisé. Wa, lé gtixsta’lisxa gii’ts!Ax'dixa 1a/laxamé 
25 la’xa dE’msx’é ‘wa’pa. Wéa, li axstn’ndxa 1Ja’laxamé qa‘s ts!o- 
xa/léxa k:'!é’lasgema‘tyas Lefwés O’ts!awé. Wa, gi’lfmésé gwa’- 
texs la’@ hing‘a’lisaxa la/laxamé. Wai, li, da’x‘idxa g-a’yolé la’xa 
ya'x'yig ilasa pExi’t. Wa, li &Laé’laxa ts!myi’me la’xa hi&‘maa’- 
ts!é po’xtintsa prxi’té. Wi, li &xba’*ya q!0’snafyé la’qéxs la’é 
30 ts!o’x*wideq qa ‘wila’wésa B’Ikwa. Wi, hé’*miséxs la’é xix**é’drq 
qa ‘witla’wese laits!awe himk:!aé’dzatyas. Wi, gi/lfmésé gwa’- 
lpxs la’é Llép!exsemdeq qa L!ép!exsema’tésa hi‘maa’ts!é po’x !tin- 
sa. Wai, la’xaé ts!0’xtwideq. Wa, lawé’sxé ts!extslots la/xa 
la’laxamé. Wai, li ‘na’xwazrm hé gwe’x*‘idxa wad/kwée. Wa, 
35 gi/lfmésé ‘wila la ts!o’kwa hi‘maats!ixs la’éda  ts!eda’gé 
k-lo’qtlésxa q!o’sna‘yaa’ts!é la’laxama qa‘s li k!o’xstendrq 
la’xa dp’msx’é ‘wa’pa qa‘s nalelta’léq qa ‘witlawésa n/Ikwa LE‘wa 
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