446 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (DTH. ANN. 35 
12 mountain-goat meat has been cooked. (The host) takes the | tongs, 
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takes the boiled meat out (of the kettle) and | places it on the short 
boards. When it is all out of the kettle, | he takes long, narrow 
roof-boards and places them in front of || the guests. These are 
called “things on which to place the meat.’ He | picks up the 
cooked meat and places it in front of each | man. : When every one 
has a piece, they begin to eat; and | after they finish, they go out. 
They never drink | cold water with this while they are in the feasting- 
house. That is all about this. || 
Porpoise—As soon as (the hunter) arrives on the beach of his 
house, | he himself pulls the porpoises out of his little canoe, | and he 
places them the head landward. He takes out the two mats on 
which he and the steersman were sitting, and | everything that was 
in his hunting-canoe. || As soon as everything is out, he washes the 
canoe, so that all the blood | is out; and when it is clean inside, he 
carries it up the beach and | puts it down above high-water mark. ! 
After eating, he takes his butcher-knife and | goes to the place 
where the porpoises are lying on the beach. He cuts off the || tail 
and puts it down on the beach; and he cuts the back of the head 
down to | the joint of the jaws; and he cuts, beginning from the 
mouth | towards the place which he has cut along the sides of the 
head. Then he twists | the head off, but the lower j aye are left on 
mag" aiowalitacs omlqpelate! le tapes Lanowa. Wa, la ix‘edxés ts !és- 
Pails qa‘s Inx*widéxa hinx'Laakwé ‘mel*melq!nga‘ya qa‘s la lngit- 
tslodalas laxa tslats!ax"samé. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witldlts!axs laé 
aixéedxa gvilt!adzowé ts!éq!a sadkwa qa‘s li pax‘alilaq lax L!asex’- 
15 eararagien k!welé. Wai, hérem wLégades. yagiidzowe. Wai, 1a 
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dag‘ililaxa L!opé rldza qa‘s la gidzolitas lax nénexdzama‘yasa bé- 
brgwanrmé. Wa, gil'mésé q!walxdgems laé q!es‘éda. Wai, gil- 
‘mésé gwalexs laé hoqtiwelsa. Wa, Jazmxaé héwixarm nax‘idex 
wtida‘sta ‘wapa laxés wawaszlélasé. Wi, lasmxaé gwal laxéq. 
Porpoise.—Wa, gilfmésé lag-alis lax L!ema‘isasés g‘okwaxs laé 
héx‘idarm q!iléx’s'em nex‘titdlaxa k:!olot!é laxes xwaxwagtiimé 
qa‘’s aLEtogwaliséq. Wa, li moltodxés k!wék!wa‘ye lerl*wa‘ya LE‘wis 
k!waxLatyé hé'mesa ‘naxwa g’éx'g'axs laxés iléwaseLEla xwaxwa- 
5 gtima. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wildltixs laé ts!oxtigindeq qa ‘wilawésa 
rlx*rlgtixsé. Wa, ng‘il'mésé la ég'pxsexs laé LeltelbendEq qa lis 
ha‘nés lixa dLafyasa yax"mutasa ‘walasé yExwa. 
Wa, gil'mésé gwal L!mxwaxs laé &x‘édxés spx"x'i k-lawayd qa‘s 
la laxa yaxyigwedzasasa k lek: !olot!é. Wa, la tl!osodex kits !mxs- 
10 dafyas qa‘s gig‘aliséq. Wi, li t!osédex Oxiaatityas ‘walabalaxa 
OxLa‘yas q !waydsas. Wa, li gig itela lax semsaséxs laé t!0s°edEq 
lalaa laxa wtilba‘yasa t!dsatyas lax éwandlxawa‘yas. Wa, li sElpod- 
xa x‘dtas. Wa, lara Axalatmé benk’!ddexstafyas Jaxa 6k!wina- 
