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36 strips of blubber, | and after it the boiled insides. First the | boiled 
insides are eaten. Then they mix them with blubber and chew 
them together. | After they have eaten, they go out and wash their 
hands in their | houses. That is all about this. || 
40 Only the steersman boils the head and the | tail of the porpoise for 
his friends, the steersmen of the other | hunters; for the steersmen 
never change. | They just take off the blubber from 
the head. When itis all off, | they cut it in strips and 
put the (strips) into the kettle. (The steersman) || 
45 cuts the tail im pieces, cutting in this manner: 
He puts | the pieces into the kettle and pours water 
into it. When | it is half full of water, he puts it on the fire; and | 
after it has boiled for a long time, he takes the kettle off the fire. | 
50 Then it is done. Then he takes it out and puts it on || short boards. 
He does in the same way as he does when eating | boiled insides [when 
they eat it]; and (the guests) just go out of the house at once | after 
eating; and they wash their hands in their 
houses. | 
After the butchered porpoise has been 
in the house for one night, | they cut it 
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55 ber; and when || it is off, it is in this way: = 
He cuts it crosswise and places it on the fire. | If he intends to 
yieité. Wa, li mias‘itsa xtidzé lag. Wa, li mamelégog. Wai, 
g-ilfmésé ‘witlaxs laé hoqtiwelsa. Wa, al*mésé ts!ents!mnx‘wid laxés 
gvig‘dkwe. Wai, larm gwal laxéq. 
49  Leéxafma klwaxLa‘yaxs Ogwaqa‘maé sakwilaxés x‘dta LE‘wa 
kits!pxsda‘yé qaés ‘né‘nrmodkwé, yix k!wék!waxLa‘yasa wadkwé 
éseléwinoxwa qaxs k:lésaé LlaLlayoktla k!weék!waxna‘yas yixs 
Afmaé sapoOdex xititspmatyasa x‘dta. Wa, giil‘mésé lawaixs laé 
xtisélaxideq qa‘s &xts!odés laxa hinx'Lanowé. Wa, la srsEx?- 
sEndxa k‘its!pxsda‘yé g'a gwiilég'a (fig.) yix sakwa‘yas. Wa, la &x- 
ts!ots laxa hinx’Lanowé. Wai, la giiq!ek-asa ‘wapé laq. Wa, g-il'mésé 
nétnyax"‘idéda ‘wapé laqéxs laé hinx'LendEq laxés legwilé. Wa, 
gilfmésé la gég-ilit mammdelqtilaxs laé hinx'sand laxa Ingwilé. 
Wa, lawm xlopa. Wa, li tmxwétse‘wa qa‘s Axdzodayuwé laxa 
50 ts!ats!mx¥samé tngiidza. Wi, hérm gwégilé gweg-ilasasa q!nsixa 
yax'yigilaxs laé q!rsaq. Wa, la fem héx“‘idakm hodqtitwelsexs 
laé gwal q!esa qa‘s lai ts!ents!enkwa laxés gig dkwe. 
Wa, gil'mésé xamaéta ‘yimelkwé k:!olot!a laxa g-dkwaxs laé 
SESEX’sEntsr’wa. Wa, lazm sapoyrwé xtidziis. Wa, gil*méseé 
lawiixs laé ga gwilé ga (fig.). Wa, la gegéx’sendqéxs hinx'Lende- 
Laq. Wa, gilfmésé ‘nek‘areq lixa x‘ixixsemala t!ésemxs Jaé Arm 
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