BOAS] RECIPES 461 
chief. A whole length of blubber | is coiled into the feast-dish. 18 
Then they pour | olachen-oil on it, 2nd place it in front of the 
speaker. Then he arises, || takes one end of the blubber, and 20 
puts it around his neck. | He bites oif the blubber from the 
singed skin and swallows it. If he | is an expert at bolting 
it, he eats almost three | fathoms of blubber. If he is not 
expert, he can not | eat more than one-half of a fathom. Then 
he gives up. Then the speaker of the chief just promises a 
seal-feast. || They do not cut the blubber spirzlly | to give it 25 
to those who do not belong to the rival chief. They only receive 
strips of blubber cut | lengthwise, cut as written on page 458. | They 
also put the blubber around their necks and bolt it. | They do not 
pour oil on it, for they only pour oil on the blubber given to the || 
speaker of the rival chief. As soon as they finish, | they go out and 30 
vomit all behind the house, | for it really makes one feel squeamish. 
After finishing, they wash themselves | in hot water and urine. 
That is all. | 
Steamed Seal-Meat.—Steaming of seal and porpoise is done in the 1 
same way, | on heated stones, as clams are steamed. | The only 
difference is that | skunk-cabbage and many hemlock-branches are 
taken and are put down by the side of the || red-hot stones. When 5 
the coals are taken away from the | red-hot stones, the hemlock- 
yixs laé q!elx"ts!4 laxa foqilite. Wa, hé*mis la k!tiqryaak'’sa 18 
Liéna. Wa, gilfmésé la kagemlilem lixa ayilkwaxs Jaé Lax‘t- 
lita qa‘s dabendéx Oba‘yasa xits@‘lakwyé qa‘s qrnxddéséxs laé 20 
q!ekalax xtidzis laxa k!tdzég:atyé qa‘s merkéq. Wa, g’ilf’mésé 
égilwata hé gwégilaxs laé halszlanm k-!és yidux"p!enk: laxens 
barax, yix hi‘maakwas. Wix-a ‘yagilwaté; wii, lak: !és neq!ebodé 
hamx‘itse*waséxs laé yax*‘ida. Wi, a°mésé la qasi mégwatxa, 
yixa ayilkwasa gigima‘tyé. Wa, lara k'!és spx"sé‘stalakwé yiya- 25 
q!wemasa k-lésé ipsiik:!etsa gigima‘tyé qaxs neqadlisaé sakwatya 
gilsg‘ilstowa xiisélakwé hé gwilé sakwafyasa k‘!adedzityax 458. 
Wai, la qrenxddarmxaasa xtidzé. Wa, laxae mek‘armxaaq. Wa, 
la k'!és k!ing!ngek*sa L!é*na qaxs léxa‘maé k!iing!egrkwé loqiliis 
iyilkwasa apsak:!msé g‘igima‘tya. Wa, gilfmésé gwalpxs laé 30 
héx‘idarm hoqitwelsa qa‘s li hdx‘wits lax aLandtyasés g‘dkwé 
qaxs Alak:!alaé ts!enk!ilema. W4, g ilfmésé gwalexs laé la‘stexfida 
laxa q!dltaakwé ‘wapa Le‘wa kwits!e. Wa, larm gwala. 
Steamed Seal-Meat.—<‘nrgik" mégwata; yixs hé‘mae gwiléda 1 
t !éqwapatyé qa ‘neg‘asxa mégwaté Le‘wa k:!olot !@ gwilaasasa ‘nEg‘a- 
saxa metlana‘yé. Wi, léx-a'més Ogiiqalayoséxs laé axse‘wa k-!p- 
kladk!wa Lefwa q!énpmé q!waxa qa‘s li axnolidzem laxa la 
xx ixsemalat!ésema. Wai, g’il'mésé ‘wi‘loqawéda gilta laxa x‘Ix‘ix- 5 
sEmala t!ésemxs laé Ax‘étse*wéda q!waxé qa‘s xEs‘alddalayiwé lax 
