Boas] RECIPES 421 
takes the bucket with fresh water and pours it | over the flounders 
standing on edge on the stones. When the water has been poured 
out, | he quickly takes up the old mats and throws them over them; 
and it does not take long before he takes off the covering, for 
(the flounders) are now done. | As soon as he has taken off the 
whole covering of old mats, the man | calls his numaym to sit 
around the place where the flounders were steamed, | to eat the 
steamed flounders. The men all come and sit around | what they 
are going to eat. When they are all there, | each man takes one | 
flounder, and they pinch off (the meat) and put it into their mouths; 
and || after each has eaten one flounder, they take another one and 7 
eat it; | and when there are many flounders, then all the men try to 
eat many | flounders; and sometimes each man will eat four | 
flounders when there are many. And when the flounder-eaters 
finish, | they go home to their houses, and they wash their hands; 
and || after they have done so, they drink a little water, after | rmsing 
their mouths for the salty taste to come out. The reason why they 
do not | drink much water is because they are afraid to drink much 
when they first | taste the flounders steamed standing on edge on 
stones, for then they would | always want to drink water. There- 
fore they only || drink a little water to wash down what they have 
eaten. | This also is not given at a feast to many tribes. That 1s | 
all about this. | 
laxa k'!dt!aakwé paésa. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wilgilts!’awa ‘wapaxs laé 
1d 5 
hanakwila dax‘‘idxa kl!ak'!rk'lobana qa‘s nasEyindés lag. Wa, 
klést!a flampm giilaxs laé nasddexa nayi’mé qaxs Ie‘maé L!dpa. 
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Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlaweda k !ak'!ek:!lobana nayimxs. laéda begwa- 
ks) “ 
nemé Lélalaxés ‘ne‘mémoteé qa lis k!itsé‘stalaxa ‘nEg‘asaxa paésé 
qa’s paspEséxa ‘nng-Ek" paésa. Wa, li ‘witlanm 1a k!itséstalisz- 
léda bébrgwanrmaxés hafmare. Wai, gilfmésé ‘wilg:alisexs laé 
héx‘idapm dax“idéda ‘nalfnemokwé bébegwanrEmxa ‘naknemeé laxa 
paésaxs laé épaxelaq qa‘s ts!oq!iselés laxés semse. Wii, gilfmésé 
fwitlaxa ‘nemé paésexs laé @t!éd Ax‘édxa ‘nemé qa‘s hamx*‘idéq. 7 
Wa, gilfmésé q!énema paésaxs laéda ‘nixwa bébrgwanem q!aq!e- 
k !Esap!axa paésé, yixs ‘nalfnemp!enaé mok!iisa ‘nemodkwé bEgwa- 
nemxa paésaxs q!énemaé. Wa, gilfmésé gwala paspEsaxs laé 
nai‘nak® 1axés gig'dkwé qa‘s ! ts!ents!enkwa lag. Wa, gilfmésé 
gwalexs laé xaL!ex‘id nax‘idxa ‘weéwap!emé yixs laé gwal ts!x- 
weL!exoda qa lawiyésés demp!aéi!exawa‘yé. Wa, hérm k-ésélts 
qlek'!esxa ‘wapé qaxs kiilelaé grydt q!ék'!eseq qaéxs g‘il‘maé 
p!pxfateléda hafmaag‘dtaxa k:!dt!aakwé ‘neg‘ik" paéspxs laé 4mm 
la hémenalaem la naq!éxsdxa ‘wapé. Wi, hé‘mis lagilas 4em 
xaL!ex‘id nax‘idxa ‘waipé qa‘s ts!ewendzemxés hamax'de. Wa, 
laxaé k-lés k!wéladzem laxa q!énemé lélqwilatatya. Wa, larm 
gwal laxéq, 
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