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pick up the red-hot | stones, and throw them into the water in the 
oil-boxes. | When the water begins to boil, they take || long strips of 
blubber and throw them into the boiling | water. When the boxes 
are nearly full, they take the tongs, | pick up the red-hot stones, and 
put them on top of the | blubber that they are steaming. When the 
water is boiling hard | in the oil-boxes, they take the mats and spread 
them || over them, so that the water does not boil over. Then the young 
men leave them. | Afer the water has been boiling a while, they go to 
look at them; | and when it stops boiling, they take off the mats and 
put them away. | They take cutting-boards and lay them down back 
of the | oil-boxes. They take the tongs, and || take out the blubber 
and place it on the cutting-boards. | When it has all been taken 
out, the young men call those who are to 
eat it. I spoke about this on page 458 
of this writing. | They cut the blubber 
length- wise. When|therearemorethana 
hundred seals, they cut it spirally, in 
this way: so that it is || one long strip of 
blubber. This is done when two rival 
chiefs try to give great seal-feasts to out- 
do each other. Two | chiefs of one 
tribe do this; and the long strip is 
given | to the speaker of the rival 
sEmala t!ésema qa‘s li k-lipstalas laxa ‘wabrts!4wasa_ k:!ék !im- 
yaxLa. Wa, g‘ilfmesé ‘naxwa la marmdelqilaxs laé &x‘édxa 
gilsgilstowé xtsé‘lakwa qa‘s Axstendés laxa marmdelqila 
fwapa. Wa, gilfmésé rlaq qodt!axs laé ax‘édxa k!iprala qa‘s 
k-liplédés laxa xixixsemala t!ésema qa‘s lé k:!ipryindalas laxa 
xusé‘lakwé ql!dlaso‘s. Wi, gil’mése aélak Jala la marmdelqila 
‘naxweda k-!ek-!imyaxtaxs laé ax‘édxa lénlwa‘yé qa‘s Lepryindalés 
laq qa k'!ésés mudulx*wiltaile ‘wapalis. Wa, a'mésé la bawéda 
ha‘yaltis. Wa, gilfmésé gégils manmdelqilaxs laé d6ox‘widrq. 
Wi, gilfmésé gwal medrlqtilaxs laé &x‘édxalérlwa‘yé qa‘s g-éxéq. 
Wi, li ix°édxa iwadzowé ts!ats!ax°sema pax‘aléséq lax atandlisasa 
k- lek !imyaxta. Wa, lax-da‘xwe ix‘édxa k‘!ék:!ipralaa qa‘s sawo- 
‘stendés lixa xts@‘lakwé, qa‘s li sédzddalas laxa sédzowé ts!ats!ax"- 
spEma. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witladzodexs laé ée‘laléda ha‘yalfixa q!n- 
sate. Wa, hé'mésrn waldem lax (458) xsa k'!adekwa. Laé 4em 
haiyimx'sEentso® sEspx"sEntspéwa laxés gilddlasé. Wa, g-il*mésé 
hiyaqax lak: !sndéda mégwataxs, wii la sex"sé‘stilasp‘wa g'a gwiilég-a 
(fig.) qa gilsgilstowés xiisé‘lakwa, yixs sakwélap!aéda ‘wax'sék: !nsé 
gigigimésa ‘nemsgEmakwe lélqwilara‘ya. Wi, hé‘mis yaxSwida- 
yoxa iyilkwasa ipsék:!nse gigima‘ya sEnala g‘ilt!a xtisé‘lakwa 
