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43 high-water mark. After it has all been taken up, the man takes | a 
short board for cutting blubber. He puts it down, takes the blub- 
45 ber, || and puts it on the board to be cut. He measures it so that it is 
cut in pieces four | finger-widths wide. He continues this the whole | 
length of the blubber. After a piece is off, he | cuts it crosswise, so 
that it is half a finger-width thick. | After it has all been cut up, he puts 
50 the pieces into a kettle for boiling. || He puts the kettle on the fire on 
the beach | to try out the oil. He takes the tongs and stirs it, and | 
he continues stirring it. His wife takes a box and | places it by the 
side of the fire on which the oil is being tried out. She also takes a 
large shell of a horse-clam. | When it boils up, she takes the large 
55 clam-shell || and skims off the whale-oil and pours it mto the box. | 
She only stops when all the whale-oil is off the boiled blubber. | Then 
she takes a large basket, takes the boiled blubber | out of the kettle, 
and puts it into the basket. When | it is all in, she puts it down in 
60 the corner of the house. || The people also take the oil-boxes at each 
end and another man | puts them down in the corner of the house. 
(The owner’s) wife | takes cedar-bark, splits it into long strips, and | 
carries it to the basket containing the boiled blubber, next to which 
she sits down. | Then she takes out one of the pieces of boiled blubber, 
65 and she ties it in the middle with the cedar-bark. || She takes paofen 
43 eyaexsmota. Wii, g slémesé swiléadesuxe laé ax® redede aac 
bexdzowé ts!ats!a‘x'seEma qa‘s pax‘aliséq. Wa, li &x‘édxa k !nyote 
45 qa‘s pagEdzodés laxés bexdzowe. Wa, lai Crna eee modené laxrens 
q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx qa ‘wadzewatsa k:!nydlaxs laé bex‘édeq haxe- 
la lax ‘wisgemasasa k'!nyole. Wa, gil'mésé lawixs laé greéx’srla 
brx‘édrq qa k‘!5denés laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx yix wiwogwa- 
sas. W4§,gil'mésé ‘witwelx'sexs laé axts!ots laxa semg-ats!é hinx’- 
50 ranowa. Wa, la hinx:Lents laixa Ingwisé lixa L!ema‘isé sEmx‘dn- 
maxa k-!pyolé. Wa, lil ix‘édxa ts!ésiala qa‘s xwétElga‘yés lag. Wa, 
la hémenadlanm xwéetelgéq. Wa, li genemas &x‘édxa Lawatsa qa‘s 
hienolisés laxa semx*dema legwisa; hé‘misa ‘walasé xalaétsa met!a 
natyé. Wa, g‘ilfmésé medelx‘widexs laé Ax‘édxa ‘walasé xalaétsa 
met !anafyé qa‘s ax‘widés laxa gwék:!ésé qa‘s li Axts!alas laxa Lawa- 
tsa. Wa, lai altem gwalexs laé ‘witlawéda gwek: !esé laxa semyak'a- 
wa‘yé, laas ix‘édxa ‘walasé lmxatya qa‘s Ax‘wtilts !aléxa semyak‘awa- 
‘yé laxa hinx’Lanowé qa‘s li Axts!4las laxa lexatyé. Wa, g’il'mésé 
‘wilts!4 laxa lexatyaxs laé hinégwilas ]axa onégwilasés g-okwe. Wi. 
60 laxaé dadanodxa gwek:!edzats le Lawatsa Lefwa dgti‘lamé brgwa- 
npma qa‘s li hinégwilas lax Onégwilasés g-okwe. Wa, lara genEMas 
ixSédxa denasé qa‘s dzedzexsendéq qa tslélts tng las g'ilsg-ilsté. Wai, 
li dalaq qa‘s la k!wanolilxa semyak‘awayaats!é lexa‘ya a. Wa, la, 
dalts!odxa ‘nemts!aqgé spmyak‘awaya qa‘s mog‘oydtsa denasé laq. 
65 Wa, la ét!éd 4x‘édxa ‘nemé qa‘s mog‘oyddés lax 6k: !éLeliis. Wa, la 
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