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Perch (1).—The' wife cuts open the perch, so that | the gills come off, 
and the intestines; and as soon as all the intestines | and the gills 
have been taken out, she throws them out of the house. | She cuts 
(the perch) open with her fish-knife, and she scrapes the body so 
that the || scales come off. When they are all off, she cuts across 
the body, in this manner: | As soon as she has 
finished, she takes her kettle Sine and | pours some 
water into it; and when it is half full, she puts 
it on the | fire. When it boils, she takes the opened | perch and 
puts them into it. When they are all in, the man || takes his tongs 
and stirs them. They stay | for about half an hour according to 
the watch | boiling over the fire. Then they are taken off of the 
fire. Now | the boiled perch is done. Then the woman | takes her 
15 spoons and gives one to each of those who are to eat the || boiled 
perch. When each has one spoon, | they put the kettle of boiled 
perch in front of those who are to eat the boiled perch, | and they 
begin to eat it with spoons. | First they take out the backbone and 
the ribs; | and when they have all been taken out, they take out the 
20 heads and suck them, for || they are very fat; and when the fat is 
all off, they | suck out the eyes; and when these are off, they break 
them | to pieces and suck out the brains; and when these are out, | 
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Perch (1). W4A,! la‘mé grnemas t!ex*widxa Lamawé qa lawiiyés 
qlésnafyas LESwés yax‘yigilé. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witliwa yax'yigilé 
LE'wa q!dsnafyaxs la’é k'!admeq lax Liasani‘yasés g'okwe. Wi, 
lazm hépm t!ekiilasés xwaLayowé. Wa, la kosét!edeq qa lawilés 
5 gobrt!ena‘yas. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘witlaxs laé qatet!édeq gia gwiléga 
(fig.). Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé ax‘édxés hinx Lanowé qa‘s 
giixts!odésa ‘wapé laq qa nergoyoxsdaléséxs laé hinx'Lents laxés 
lngwilé. Wa, gilfmésé medelxtwidexs laé &x‘édxa t!egikwé 
Lamawa qa‘s &xstendés liq. Wa, gilfmésé@ ‘witla‘staxs laé 
10 dax‘idéda brgwanrmaxés ts!éstaila qa‘s xwet!édéeq. Wa, laxent!a 
npexskg inplagila lax qJaq!alak !at‘yaxens ‘nalix yix ‘waSwastalasas 
laxa lpgwilé mapmdelqtilaxs laé hinx’sano laxa Ingwilé. Wa, 
larm Llopa LEmx"stag‘itlakwé laxéq. Wa, héx-‘idatmésa ts!edaqé 
Axfédxés kakEts!enaqé qa‘s li ts!mwanaésas laxa yOsaLaxa 
15 LeEmx'stag flakwe. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wilxtoxa k-ak-rts!mnaqaxs laé 
hinxdzamodlilema Lemx"stagi‘lats!@ hanx'Landlaxa LELEMX"staa- 
giitaxa Lemx"stagiflakwé. Wai, lax-da‘xwé ‘yds‘ida. Wa, larm 
hé gil xelostayoséda xbmdmoweg'a‘yas LE’wa xaqé. Wai, 
g@ilfmésé ‘witldstaxs laé xelostalax héx't!latyas qa‘s k'!=xwéq qaxs 
20 LOmaé tsenxwa. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witliwé tsenxwa‘yaséxs laé 
k!imt!tilts!alax gégebrloxstatyas. Wa, gilfmésé Switlax laé wewr- 
x‘send qa‘s k!timt!itts!odéxa Imqwiis. WaA, gilfmésé ‘witlaqéxs laé 
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