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again bite off the blubber and bolt it. | Those who are experts can 7 
eat six long strips of blubber. | Then they have enough; and (who- 
ever does that) is proud of having eaten so much, for he is | an 
expert. Not everybody is expert at bolting it; | but the chiefs do 
not eat fast, as they eat the limbs. This || is called ‘‘feast of long 
strips of blubber.’”’ Itis the great feast | given of many seals. When 
it is done, they go out. | Then those who have bolted the seal go 
and wash themselves, for they are quite | covered with oil, because 
they had the blubber around the neck. That is | all about this. || 
Seals are also boiled with stones in the same way as | horse-clams 
are boiled. The only difference is, that they do not dig a hole | for 
heating the stones when steaming the seal. When the fire is lighted 
under it, | and it has burned out, (the owner) calls some men of his 
numaym | to bring many oil-boxes. They || put them down by the 
side of the heated stones, so that they stand close together, | in this 
way.!’ When this is done, they take large buckets | and go to draw 
water. The man pours it into the oil-boxes. | When they are less than 
half full,hestops. Then he takes the long | tongs, sometimes four, and 
he takes one || mat for each oil-box. When these are all | ready and the 
stones are red-hot, the | young men of his numaym take the tongs, 
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léda égilwaté ‘nalfnemp!ena q!eL!ets!axk!esxa giilsg‘itstowé xiisé- 
‘laktixs laé polida. Wa, la Lemqé nfqafyaséxs q!ék:!rsaéxa ég°il- 
waté qaxs k-lésaé ‘naxwa ég‘ilwata begwanzmé mek‘aq. Wi, 
laréda gig igima‘yé ex‘im ha‘yalag‘ilil q!msaxa Lastala. Wa, hérm 
Légades dokwasE‘wasa gvilsgilstowé xtis@‘lakwaxa ‘walasé sakwé- 
laxa q!énemé mégwata. WA, gilfmésé gwalexs laé hoqtiwelsa. 
Wa, héx“ida‘mésé la la‘stax:da‘xwéda mémek’ !énoxwé qaxs ‘naxwa- 
‘maé q!Elsés O6gwida‘yé qaxs qEnxalaaxa xwéxtis@‘lakwé. Wa, lazm 
gwal laxeéq. 
' Héem gwilé t !@qwapa‘yé qa q!d‘lasxa mégwaté, ewilaasasa ‘nek ‘ii- 
xa met!anafyé. Léx‘a‘més ogit‘qalayosexs k: !ésaé ‘lap‘wiilts !ewakwa 
yix t !@qwapa‘yé qaq!d‘lasxa mégwate. Hé‘maaxs laé tsénabewak”. 
Wa, gilfmésé xiqostixs laé Lé‘lalaxa g-ayolé lax ‘ne‘mé*motasa 
sakwélaLaxa mégwaté qa ix‘édéséxa q!énemé k:!ék!imyaxta qa‘s 
li mexelselas laxa mag‘inwalasasa t!éqwabrekwé qa mrmk‘dlsés 
ga gwiléga’. Wi, gil'mésé gwalexs laé ax‘édxés A4wawé naEnga- 
tsli qa‘s la tsi laxa ‘wapé qa‘s li gtixts!Alas laxa k-!ék:!imyaxxe. 
Wa, gilfmésé benk:!dlts!éxs laé gwala. Wa, li ax‘édxa giilsg“ilt!a 
k lek: lipralaa, ‘nalnemp!enaé méots!aqa. Wa, hé‘misa ‘nalnemé 
lefwe? qaéda ‘nalnemsgemé k-!ék-!imyaxta. Wa, gil’mésé ‘witla 
gwatalaxs laé mémenitsemx“idéda t !@ésemaxs laé héxtidaem &x‘édé 
hi‘ya’Kas ‘ne‘mémotasxa k:!ék:!ipralaa qa‘s k‘!ip!idés laxa xixtx- 
1 Six boxes side by side; opposite the middle of the}fire, about two feet away from the fire. 
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