BOAS] RECIPES 451 
Seal Butchering.—As? soon as (the seal-hunter) arrives on the beach, 
he brings | his hunting-canoe sideways to the beach. Then he pulls 
out the | hair-seals so that they remain in.shallow water, for | gen- 
erally the hunter comes home at high tide. || When they are all out, 
he washes his hunting-canoe. | When it is clean, he and his steersman 
carry it up and | put it down above the line of the spring tide. 
After | eating, he goes down to the beach, takes | another small 
canoe, and goes to get driftwood to singe off the hair of the || seal and 
to steam it. When the little canoe is full, | he goes home. As soon 
as he arrives on the | beach, he unloads the driftwood that he has 
gathered; and when it is | all out, he takes two logs and puts them 
down on the beach. | These are two spans apart. || They are the side- 
pieces of the fire on which the seal is smged. Then he | splits dry 
driftwood and makes a fire on the beach. As soon as it | begins to 
burn, he hauls up the seal and lays it across with the | head on the 
seaward side-piece, for the head and neck are singed first. | When all 
the hair of the head and neck || has been singed off, he turns it over 
and singes the hair on the back of the head. He | shoves it forward, 
and keeps on rolling it over. When he comes to the | flippers, he 
takes the tongs and spreads out the flippers | so that the fire reaches . 
Seal Butchering.—Wii,' gilfmésé lag-alis laxa L!mma‘isaxs laé gé- 
galisasés aléwasevela laxa L!ematise. Wi, lai néxemoltodxa mé- 
gwaté qa hé‘més mekumstalisa demsx'@ ‘wapa qaxs hémr- 
nalafmaé wawe!geméxs g’ixaé ni‘nakwa éseléwenoxwé. Wi, 
ge ilfmeéesé ewitloltaxs laé tsoxtig'indxés dléwaserela xwaxwagtima. 
Wai, gilfmésé égig'axs laé Leltelbendeq LE‘wis k!waxua‘yé qa‘s li 
hing‘alisas lax ALa‘yasa ‘ya‘x"motasa ‘wilasé ‘yixwa. Wa, gil 
‘mésé gwal L!pxwaxs laé Ients!és laxa Llematisé qa‘s li &x‘édxa 
dgti‘la‘mé xwaxwagtima qa‘s li q!éxaxa q!éxala qa‘s ts!ex-demaxés 
mégwaté. Wi, hé'mis qa‘s q!oldemaq. Wi, gilfmésé qot!e xwa- 
xwagtimas laé ni‘nak® laxés gokwe. Wa, gilsmésé lagvalis laxés 
Liematisé laé héx‘idanm moltddxés q!éxaneme. Wai, gilmésé 
‘witlottaxs laé 4x*édxa ‘maltts!aqé qa‘s k‘atemg-alisés laxa L!nma‘tise. 
Wi, li ‘matp!enk: laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx yix awalagolidza- 
sas. Wi, hémm kak-edenwiltsa ts!ex‘'demaxa mégwaté. Wa, liv 
menmendzex’sendxa lemxwé q!éxalaxs laé legwésa. Wa, gil 
‘mésé x‘iqostaxs Jaé néx‘tisdésxa mégwaté qa‘s la galotryindés 
x‘dtiis laxa Llisa‘yé xwalenwafya qaxs hié gil ts!ex‘asdsé x‘tiis 
LE‘wés q!oq!onée®*. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witla ts!enkwé x‘dtis Lecwe q!o- 
q!oniixs laé léx-ideq qa‘s ts!mx‘idéx OxLaata‘yas. Wii, li wegt- 2 
‘naktilaq wax'dzala léxililaq. Wi, gil‘mésé lag-aé ts!px‘atyas lax 
grlq!aydséxs laé &x‘édxa ts!éstala qa‘s k!wétalés laxa grlq!ayo 
qa lalagddésa x‘iqrla lax iwagawa‘tyas LeSwa éwanddza‘yasa mé- 
1 Continued from p. q 78, line a. 
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