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places them in small dishes, and they eat it | before it gets cold. 
After she has eaten enough, || she puts it away, and she just heats it 
whenever she wants to eat of it. | This is called ‘eating boiled blubber 
tied in the middle.” 
Boiled Whale-Tail.—And this is eating boiled | whale-tail while it 
is fresh. When the man goes and takes | a piece of the tail, he cuts 
it in strips two | finger-widths thick, and he cuts it the same length, || 
so that the pieces are square. The length of the square is | one span. 
As soon as many pieces have been cut, | the man takes his kettle and 
pours water into it. | When it is more than half full, he puts it on the 
fire of his house; and when | it is on, he takes a piece of blubber of the 
whaie-tail, || and he bites the end of it, holding at the same time the 
opposite end and stretching it. | Now he pulls it; and after he has 
stretched it, | the blubber of the whale’s tail is two spans long. | It 
is now as thick as the little finger. | He does this to all the pieces; 
and after he has done so, || he waits for the water to boil. When it 
boils up, | he takes the pieces one by one. He takes the stretched 
blubber | of the whale’s tail and puts it into the boiling water. | He 
puts it into it quickly. When the pieces are all in the kettle, he takes 
laé g-éxaq. Wa, a‘misé ts!Elx"ts!mlqwaqéxs hi‘maéxsdaaq. Wai, 
hérm Legadrs momx"sEmagig*pxa hinx'Laakwé momx"sEmakwa. 
Boiled Whale-Tail.—Hé‘misa ts!ets!asneg’ixa hinx‘Laakwé ts!as- 
nésa gwk‘yimé, yix hé‘maé alés geté. Hé*maaxs laé ix‘édéda 
brgwankmaxa g’ayulé laxa ts!asnatyé. Wa, la bex‘édeq qa maldrenés 
wigwasas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx. Wi, la‘xaé hépm ‘wadzoxs 
laé bex’édeq qa k'!nwelx‘tinés. Wa, la ‘nemp!enk: laxens q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!ina‘yéx yix ‘wasgemasas. Wa, gil‘mésé q!énemé bexa- 
eyaséxs laé Ax°édxés hinx'Lanowé qa‘s giixts!ddésa ‘wapé laq. Wa, 
la ék:!dlts!éxs laé hinx Lents lax lngwitasés g-dkwe. Wa, gil’mésé 
hinx'Lalaxs laé dax‘idxa ‘nemts!aqé xtis@lakwé k‘its!exsdésa gwE- 
‘yimé. Wa, la q!ex*béqéxs lae dalax Apsba‘yaséxs laé ts!as‘éduq. 
Wi, lapm néxaq. Wa, gilfmésé gwal ts!asaxs laé matp!enk-é 
laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx, yix la ‘wasgrmatsa xis@lakwé ki- 
ts!pxsdésa gwr‘yimé. Wa, la yarm la ‘wag‘itens sxlt!ax-ts!ana‘yex. 
Wi, la ‘naxwarm hé gwex‘idxa wadkwe. Wa, g‘il‘mésé ‘wi‘laxs 
laé éspla qa medelx‘widésa ‘wapée. Wa, gil’mésé merdelx*widexs 
laé héx*‘idarm ‘nalnemts!aq!emk'a ix‘édxa ts!ikwé xtisé‘lak"¥ 
kits !exsdésa gweE‘yimé qa‘s axstalés laxa marmdelqiila ‘wapa. Wa, 
la halabalaxs laé axstalas. Wa, g-il'mésé* witla‘staxs laé Ax*édxa 
ts!ésrala qa‘s halabale xwet!edeq. Wa, gil‘mése gwalnxs laé 
hinx'sendrq laxa Ingwilé. Wa, la halabala gtix‘édex ‘wapalis 
