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the folds and the sides of the seal. | As soon as the flippers have been 
25 singed, he strikes them || with the tongs until the singed off (hair) 
comes off.1. . . Then | he pushes it ahead and turns it over; and as 
soon as he passes the middle, | he pulls it off the fire for singeing on 
the beach. He turns it the other way, and | takes a split cedar- 
stick and lays it across the hind-flipper so as to | spread it 
30 open, inthis way, and he does the same with the || other 
hind-flipper. When NO007, this is done, he puts it | backward 
on the fire, so that ’ the hind-flippers are over the fire for 
singeing. When | all the hair has been singed off, he pushes 
it backward and rolls \ it around; and when | he comes up 
to the place where it had been singed before, in the 
middle, he rolls it from the | fire for singeing. ‘Now he is through 
35 with the singeing. || Then he takes a short eend to cut open the seal. 
He lays it down by the | side of the seal. He takes a short block of | 
driftwood one span in diameter | and lays it crosswise at the upper 
end of the cutting-board. | He takes another block of driftwood of 
40 the same length, a little || less in diameter than the first one, and puts 
it down at the upper end of the cutting- | board. He puts it cross- 
wise so as to keep the | cutting-board off the beach. Then he takes a 
dish and puts it | under the lower end of the cutting-board, in this 
gwate. Wi, gil'mésé ‘witla ts!enkwéda gelq!ayaxs laé kwéxeltse- 
25 mésats!ésLila laxa la ts!enkwa qa lawilésa ts!ax-motée.t . . . Wai, 
la wifx"wideq qa‘s lex ililéq. Wa, gil’mésé hiyaqax negoyad‘ya- 
séxs laé néxsEndEq laxa ts!ex’dema lngwésa. Wa, la xwel‘édeq qa‘s 
axtédéxa xokwé k!watxtiwa. Wai, la kit!éts laxa dzek!waya qa 
dzédpxalés ga gwiilég'a (fig.). Wa, laxaé hérm gwex‘‘idxa Apsol- 
30 tsedza‘tye eee. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs ae klax'Lents qa 
nexLalésa dzék!wayowé lace ts!ex'dema Irgwisa. Wa, g-il'mésé 
ewitla ts!ex“‘idexs laé witx"wideq qa‘s lexidéq. Wa, g-il'mésé la- 
g'aé ts!ex‘a‘yas laxa ts!exatye laxa negoya‘yaxs laé lex's‘endkgq laxa 
ts!ex'dema Ingwisa. Wii, lazm gwala laxés ts!enénafye. Wai, la 
35 Axfédxa ts!ats!Ex"sEmé cyimeldzoxa mégwate qa‘s pax‘aliséq lake 
mag inddzélesasa mégwate. Wii, li &x‘édxa ts!ex"stowe temg ik" 
q!éxalaxa ‘nemp!enx'siwas ‘wigidas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx 
qa‘s gayaabodeés lax ék:!eba‘yasa ‘yimeldzowé ts!ats!ex°"spma. Wa, 
la Ax'édxa hémaxat! ‘wasgemeé temg ik" q!éxala. Wa, li wawila- 
40 lagawésa gilx'dé gatyaabolidzems laxa ék !pbafyasa ‘yimeldzowé 
tslats!ex"sema. Wi, lii ga‘yaabolisas laxa benba‘yé qa waésésa 
‘yimrldzowé ts!ats!ex"sema. Wai, lii ix*edxa toq!wé qa‘s kaabodés 
laxa brnba‘fyasa ‘yimEldzowé tslats lex spma g’a gwaleg'a (fi9.)- 
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