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30 a piece of kelp. When he has found it, || he cuts off a piece two spans 
long | from the head. He carries it up and puts it down | by the 
side of the dish. Then he takes down a spoon and | puts it down. 
Now the stones are white-hot. Then he | takes his tongs and lifts 
35 the red-hot stones, || dips them into the water in the dish, so that the 
ashes that stick on the stones come off, | and then he puts them into 
the chewed kidney-fat. | He continues doing this; and, before a 
great many red-hot | stones have been put in, the water in the dish 
containing the chewed kidney-fat begins to boil. | Then the chewed 
40 kidney-fat begins to melt; and when it is all || melted, he takes the 
tongs and with them lifts the stones | out of the “dish in which the 
fat is melted,’’ for that is the name of the dish. | He puts them down 
by the side of the fire. When he has taken them all out, | he takes 
the spoon and takes the kelp (bottle) and places its opening upward; | 
45 and he skims off the fat that is now floating on the water, || and he pours 
it into the kelp bottle. When it is filled, he puts | it down in the 
corner of the house where it gets stiff quickly. | (Some people say that 
in this manner ‘‘it gets hard” quickly.) Then he goes back | to the 
dish, for the fat is not all done yet. He just | takes a piece of short 
50 broken cedar-wood, and with it he lifts the skum off from the || fat; 
and when it is all out, he takes up the dish and pours the con- 
30 p!oqodxa ‘malp!enk’é laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx yix ‘wasgpmasas 
gigitela lax Oxiityas. Wa, gaxé dasdésrlaq qa‘s g‘ig-alilés 
lax makviigafyasa loq!we. Wa, 14 et!éd ax‘édxa kats!enaqé qa‘s 
g-axé hing-alilas. Wa, lafmé mémentitsemx‘‘idéda t!ésemé. Wai, lii 
axédxés ts!ésrala qa‘’s k-lplidés laxa xixixsemala t!ésema qa’‘s lit 
35 hapstents laxa ‘wabets!ala loq!wa qa lawiiyésa gina‘yé lax 6sgema- 
eyas. Was, li ixstents laxa lexts!ewasasa malég ikwé ‘met !dsa. Wa, 
li hanal hé gwéeg ile. Wa, k-!ést!a dlamm q!enema x‘ix‘ixsemala 
tlésemxs laé medelx‘widé ‘wapaliisa malégikwé ‘met!dsa. Wa, 
hé'més la yax‘idaatsa malégikwé ‘met!osa. Wa, g ilfmeésé ‘witla 
40 yax‘idpxs laé xwélaqa &x‘edxés ts!ésnala qa‘s k liptistaléxa t !@semé 
laxa la tséxats!é loq!waxa ‘yisekweé qaxs hé*maé Legemsa lodq !we. 
Wa, la k !ibendlisrlaq laxa Ingwilé. Wa, gilfmésé Switlostaxs laé 
axédxa k-ats!enaqé. Wa, laxaé Ax‘édxa ‘watwadé qa‘s ék !axstala- 
maseq. Wi, li ax‘witsa kats!enaqé laxa la pex’d’léda ‘yasrkwe 
45 qa‘s li tséts!alas laxa watwadé. Wa, g@ ilfmésé qdt!axs Isé Lag-ali- 
tas laxa onégwilasés g-Okwe qa halabalés L!ax‘ida. (Wi, la ‘nék-éda 
wadkwé begwanema qa halabalés Lox‘wida.) Wa, la aé@daaqa 
laxa toq!we qaxs k-!éssmaé ‘witléda ‘yasekwe. Wa&, A‘mésé la 
ixsédxa koq!asye k!watxtawa qa‘s kilwtistaléxa ts!éts!emotasa 
50 ‘yasekwe. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlostaxs laé dagvililaq qa‘s gtixts!odés 
