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43 When he finds them, | he pulls them out and throws them away. 
Then he breaks it into strips, | and gives a strip to each of his guests. || 
45 He who eats the body takes off the loose skin, | and pulls out the 
mouth-parts of the devil-fish and eats them, | and he eats the body. 
After | they have eaten enough, they go out. ‘They only invite the | 
numaym to eat deyil-fish. They do not cook deyil-fish for many || 
50 tribes. That is all about this. | 
Scorched Devil-FishWhen the devil-fish hunter | comes home, 
he takes his knife and | cuts off one of the arms. | He puts it by the 
55 side of the fire, with its loose skin; and when || the outside is scorched, 
he turns it so that the | raw side is towards the fire; and when it is 
also scorched, he-| takes it off and pulls off the loose skin. When it is 
all off, | he eats it. Some Indians call this “eating devil-fish | 
60 roasted by the fire,’ although only the legs are roasted; || and they 
call it “eating devil-fish.’’ Only the | females are roasted this way; 
for they are afraid, when they are boiled, | that they will get an 
itchy eruption and have to scratch themselves | wherever the liquid 
touches the skin, when the female devilfish is boiled. | Therefore 
65 they do not wash the female deyil-fish, and || therefore also it is not 
43 tekiimoddrq qa‘s ts!pxtédéq. Wa, la k!ilk!ilpsednq qa ts!élts!n- 
q!astowéséxs laé ts‘mwanaésasa ‘nal‘nemeé laxés Lé‘lanemé. Wa, 
45 lata hépm brbak-awég-xa bak‘awatyaxs laé lawiyodrex lenpsn- 
mafyas. Wa, hémis gil grlxdyosé gwawilbatyasa teq!wa qa‘s 
gigwawegix‘idéq. Wi, li himx“idxa bak‘awatyé. Wai, g-il*mésé 
polidmxs laé hdqitwerlsa. Wa, larm léx‘anm trqwélag‘ilaxa 
teq!weda ‘nm‘mémotée. Wa, lamm k'!és teqwéla qaéda q!énmmé 
50 lélqwalatatya. Wa, lanm gwal laxéq. 
Scorched Devil-Fish (T's!edzpk" teq!wa).—Wa, hé‘maaxs galaé 
eax nisnakwéda néts!énoxwaxa trq!wa, wi, li Ax‘édxés k-!awa- 
yoweé qa‘s t!dsodéxa ‘nemts!aqé laxa dzédzrlmmasa teq!wa. Wa, 
la k-adnolisas laxés leewilé ‘witla Le‘wis fenp!enatyé. Wa, gilé'meésé 
55 k!limelx“idé L!asot!mnafyas lixa Imgwilaxs laé léx“‘idmq qa L!aso- 
t!endésa k:lilx'k !6denatyé. Wi, gilfemxaawisé k!timelx“‘idexs laé 
aix‘édeq qafs xikaléx lenp!ena‘yas. Wa, gil’‘mésé ‘witlaxs laé 
haimxidmq. Wa, la ‘nékéda waokwe bak!tima ts!nts!édzek"g‘ixa 
ts!édzekwé teq!wa wax‘maé Jéx'amm ts!ésasp*we dzédzElemas. 
60 Wa, li textrqwaxa teq!wa ‘nékiq. Wa, lansm Jléx'azrm hé 
gwéeeilaskéwa ts!Edaiqasa tmq!wa yixs kilemaé hinx'LentsESwa 
qaxs laxaé héx‘idarm q!tté yixs hémenata‘maé q!itax lag‘aaLr- 
lasas ‘wapalisés ts!oxwixa hinxLaakweée ts!mdaq teq!wa. Wa, 
hé'mis lagilas k-és ts!oxwasE‘wéda ts!édzekwe teq!wa. Wa, hérm- 
65 xaawis k'!ésttas hinx’Lentse‘wé. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witla ts!edzEkwé 
