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60 Therefore they always say, ‘‘Let us | now cool ourselves with cold 
water!’’ and therefore the host | gives his guests fresh water to cool 
themselves. | Then those who have eaten the gills go out of the 
65 house. | This is not given at a great feast to many tribes, for || they 
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never catch enough of these fish. ‘Therefore those who catch them 
just | eat them with their wives, children, and relatives. | That is the 
end. | 
Roasted Kelp-Fish.—If (the woman) is really hungry, | she takes 
one of the kelp-fish, puts it down on its stomach at the right-hand 
side | of the fire, close to it, the woman facing towards the rear of 
the | house. The roasting fish also faces the rear || of the house. 
As soon as the steam puffs out from the body | of the fish, she turns it 
around so that it faces the | door of the house; but it is still lymg on 
its stomach. It does not take long | before it is cooked. Then the 
woman takes a long | eating-mat, spreads it out outside of the place 
where || she is sitting (that is, away from the fire), and she takes the 
roasted kelp-fish and places it on its stomach on the | mat. Then 
she eats it. She does not | take out the intestines and the gills before 
she puts it down to be roasted | by the fire, for she takes them off 
when she begins to eat it. | Just before she begins to eat she takes a 
piece of cedar With it she | scrapes off 
Wi, hé’*mis la’¢ eine end/k: éda yo’six gwe ee “Wéo'ax'ins 
k-Oxwaxalisas mrudarcta! fwa’pa.” La’g-ilasa k!wélasé hé’x-fidazm 
la tsix a’ltii wtida‘sta’ ‘wa’pa qa k: exelent eee k!wele’kwé. 
Wai, lar’m 4’rm ho’qiwelséda k!wo’k!timésg ix'dixa k!timé’sé. Wa, 
k'!é’saé k!we’ladzema k!time’sé la’xa q!é’nemé 1é’Iqwilatatyé qaxs 
k'!e’saé q!eyo’LaneEménoxwa, la’gitas  Jé’x-a‘méda Axa’nemiiq 
hi‘ma’pEq LE‘wis gEnke’mé LE‘wi's sa’semé Lo‘mis LéLELA’la. Wai, 
lab/m gwa’la. 
Roasted Kelp-Fish.—- Wii, gi/Ifmése lak: lala po’sq!axs la’é 
da’x*‘idxa ‘nE’/mé pEx'i’ta qa‘s mano/lisés lax hétk !odenwa/li- 
sasés Ingwi'le. yixs gwe’grmlilaéda ts!mda’gé la’xa 60’gwiwalilasés 
‘o/kwe. Wi, la gwe ‘gemlil® Emxaéda pEx'i’té la’xa 6’ewiwali- 
Figs go/kwe. Wii, gi/lmésé k-ixti’mx'siwéda k!i’tela lax 6’ktwi- 
eee pex'itaxs la’é xwe'Irlilaq qa gwe’gemx“‘idés la’xa t!éx‘f’- 
lisa g’o/kwé. Wa, lan’m mand’litsi’ma. Wa, k-!é’st!a gad’- 
texs la’é L!o’pa. Wii, hé’x‘ida‘mésa ts!eda’qé@ &x‘é’/dxa g-ildE- 
dzowé hi‘madz0o’ té’*wafya qa‘s Lep!ali/lés lax L!a’safyasés k! twad’- 
lasé. Wii, li &x*e’dxa maé’dzekwé pExit qa‘s madzo’dés la’xa 
te’*watye. Wii, hé’x*‘ida‘mésé L!p/xwaq. Wai, la‘mé hewi’xa 1]a’- 
weEyodx ts!Eyi’mas Le‘wis q!0’snafyaxs k‘!é’s‘méx'dé Fano Tisaq 
la’xés Ingwi/lé qaxs a’imaé 1a’ pay odd exs la’é ha‘ma’peq. Wa, 
he *misexs gi’lfmaé ha’maaqéxs la’@ A’em Ax‘e/dxa khwatxta’we 
wi’laanawisé LO° ‘nr’mp!enk: la’xens q!wa’q!wax-ts!ana‘yéx qa‘s 
