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57. The blubber of the hair- 
sealis cut after the manner 
of this sketch of a seal. | 
If there are from four to 
ten seals, and when | a : 
seal-feast is given to not very many people, then the blubber is cut|| 
60 the whole length of the seal. When there are from eighty to a 
hundred, | they give a feast of blubber to many tribes. That is a 
great seal-feast. | Then they cut off the blubber from the meat (as in 
Mt) 
ny 
MH ) 
skinning deer). | [tis spread open, ; : : 
and the blubber is cut from one LL Zz=—_ 
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end to the other, in this way:|} \ WA SSW 
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1 and 2, the hind-flippers, are 
given to the young chiefs; | = 
65 3 and 4, the fore-flippers, are SSS SSAA 
given to the next ones; | and 
tre chest (5) is given to the 
head chiefs. | The long strips of blubber are given to the | 
common people. As soon as a | man receives a long strip of 
70 blubber, he stands up in the house, || takes it and puts it around 
his neck, and at once he bites the blubber | from the skin, 
and bolts it, for they try to eat quickly the | blubber of the skin; 
and when they have swallowed all the blubber, | they throw away 
the skin and ask for another | long strip of blubber; and when 
75 it is given to them, they || put it around the neck, and they 
57 Garm gwilaats xtséla‘yé laxa mégwaté g'ada mégwatbolak k:!ata- 
cya (fig.) yixs mosgemaéda mégwaté LOxs nEqasgema‘é yixs sakwi- 
laspfwaé qaéda k'!ésé q!enem “bebrgwinema. Wa, lara haydlisé 
60 xtisélafyasa mégwataxs malgtinaltsemg-ustisé LOx lak'!mndaé, yixs 
doktiliraxa q!énrem Jélqwilanatya. Wi, héem ‘walas sakwéléxa 
méegwaté. Wa, asmésé sapoyEwe xtisEna‘yasa mégwateé laxés nldzé. 
Wa, la vep!alidzema qa‘s hayimbendé xitisélasn‘wa g’a gwiléga (fig.). 
Wa, lazm yaq!wemasa alo‘st&é gigigimatya (1) LO® (2) xa dzeé- 
65 k!wayowé. Wa, hé‘mis yaq!/wémasa mak‘iliqé (3) Lo* (4) gelq!a- 
yowe. Wa, hé‘mis yaq!wemasa xamagrma‘yé gig igima‘ oa (5) 
hiq!wayowe. Wa, la yax‘widayowéda eileeilstows “xisedake | axa 
bébrgwanrmma !alameé. Wi, hé‘maaxs laé yax‘witse*wa ‘nalnemokwe 
begwanEmsa gilsg‘ilstowé xtisélakwa, wa, la héx‘idarm tax‘tlila 
70 qa‘s dax‘idéq qa‘s qenxddés. Wa, li héx‘idarm q!ekAlaxa xtidzé 
laxa k!tiidzég-atyé qa‘s mek-éq laxés hahanakwap!aéna‘ya q!ekAlaxa 
xtidzé laxa k!idzeg-atyée. Wa, gil’mésé ‘witlawé xtidziixs laé ts!n- 
xalitxa k!tidzég'atye qa’s etléde dak:!ala qa‘s yax‘witsm’wasa 
gilsgilstowé xtisé‘lakwa. Wa, gil‘mésé yax‘witse‘waxs laé ét!éd 
75 qrnxots. Wii, laxaé é@tléd q!ek-Alaxa xtidzé qa‘s mekéq. Wi, 
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