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22 taken and put down by the side of the | kettle in which the chopped 
devil-fish has been cooked. The man takes a ladle and | dips out 
the chopped devil-fish, and puts it into the | dishes. It contains 
25 little water. When the || chopped devil-fish is in the dishes, he takes 
oil and pours it over it; | and he only stops pouring oil over it when it 
is covered. | After doing so, he takes many spoons and | gives them 
to those who are to eat the chopped arms of the | devil-fish. After 
30 this has been done, he places the || dishes in front of his guests, and 
they begin to eat the chopped devil-fish | with oil. When it is 
finished, they | go out at once, for this food makes them feel like 
vomiting. | Then they all hurry out to go back of the houses, where | 
5 they vomit. After vomiting, they drink water. || That is all about 
this. | 
Steamed Devil-Fish—When | a woman sees a devil-fish in the 
water on a rock while she is gathering clams, she | spears it and puts 
it into her small clam-digging canoe. | When she has many clams, she 
40 steams them. Then she || puts the deyil-fish with them when she is 
about to pour water on her steamed clams. | After the water has been 
poured on, the devilfish is covered over | with the clams, and it is 
steamed with the clams that are | steamed to be made into dried 
1 Ax‘étsE‘weda q!enemé lonlq!wa qa mex‘alilelés lax mag‘inwalitasa 
temx'staakwilats!@ hinxLanowa. Wa, la &x‘édxa tséxLa qa‘s 
tséxidé lixa tmmx"staakweé dzédzelema qa‘s li tseydsElas laxa 
torlq!we. Wa, lamm holeiqrlaxa ‘wapé. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlosa 
5 hinx'taakwe temx"staaktxs laé ix‘édxa L!éna qa‘s k!inq!nqés 
laq. Wa, al*mésé gwal k!linqasa L!éna lagéxs laé t!np!ngelésa. 
Wii, gil'mésé gwalpxs laé ax‘édxa q!énemé k-ak'rts!enaqa qa‘s 
kas‘idés laxa tetmmx'staag"Laxa tEmx"staakwé dzédzrlemsa 
teq!wa. Wa, gilf'mésé gwalpxs laé k‘ax'dzamolilasa tetemx"staax"- 
30 tslala torlq!wa laxés Le‘lanemé. Wa, lax-datxwé ‘yos‘idxa temx"- 
staakwé teq!wa laxa Lléna. Wa, gilfmése ‘witlaxs laé héx~‘i- 
dapm hoqtwelsa qaxs alaé ts!enk!ilema hé gweék" ha‘méx:sila‘yé. 
Wa, laxdatxwé hénakilanm Jax aranatyasés gig‘okwe qa‘s la 
hoxtwida. Wa, gil’mésé gwal hoqwaxs laé nax‘idxa ‘wapé. Wai, 
35 laem gwal laxéq. ; 
Steamed Devil-Fish ((neg’rk® teq!wa).—Wia, hé*maaxs k!iinsa- 
éda ts!ediqaxa teq!wiixs ts!ék'aaxa gaweq!anemé. Wa, li spx’'- 
idgq qa‘s k!wétlalmxsés laxés ts!égats!@ xwaxwagima. Wa, 
@ilfmésé q!eyoLxa g awéq!anemaxs !aé ‘nek‘aq. Wai, hé‘mis la 
40 lngenwayaatsa trq!wiixs laé nlaq tsiis‘étsa ‘wap é@laxés ‘nek asE‘we. 
Wa, giil:mésé tsiis‘étsa ‘wapé laqéxs laé nanask‘inaemxa tEq!wa. 
Wa, li ‘nemax‘idanm Lldpa Lefwa ‘neg Ekwe g-awéq!anemaxs 
k'!dts!aseSwaé qaxs k'!Omats!éré. Wa, gilfmésé L!dprxs laé let !é- 
