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stir them. When | the water begins to boil, the man picks up 
handfuls of dirt from the floor of the | house and throws it into the 
boiling water. Then || it stops boiling over, for the | water of the 
sea-slugs almost always boils over, and only | dirt from the floor of 
the house stops the boiling-over. The man | tries to take hold of one 
of them with the tongs; and when he succeeds in taking one, | it is 
done. The skin gets rough when it is done. The (sea-slugs) are 
slippery, when || they are raw, and he can not get hold of them with 
his tongs. | When they are done, he takes off the fire the kettle for 
cooking sea-slugs. | He takes a large dish and puts it by the side of 
the | kettle. He pours some water into it; and when it is | more 
than half full of water, he takes the tongs, lifts up the || sea-slugs, and 
puts them into the dish for washing the boiled | slugs. Assoonas they 
are allin, the man sits down by its side | and washes them, they being 
stiff. Afterhehas | washed one of them, he gives it tooneof his guests | 
to eat first a sea-slug; and the one to whom the first sea-slug is given 
eats it at once. || The man washes the sea-slugs quickly, | and gives 
one to a second man; and he continues doing this with his other | 
guests; and when the first one finishes eating a sea-slug, | he is given 
another one. After they have eaten enough, they take some | to 
their wives, for sea-slugs are only eaten in winter, || when they are 
‘mésé tEnx“‘idpxs laéda brgwanrme k:!agvilitxa t!ex't!ng-itasés 
e-Okwé, qa‘s k'!la‘stendés laxa la tentenk ila. Wa, héx-fidatmésé 
xtit!édéda tentrnkila Elsélas qaxs xpninlaé hémenalanm tenx’'- 
idé ‘wapaliisa alasaxs hinx’Lentse‘wae. Wa, léx‘afmés xtit !éda- 
masa t!ex't!egitasa gokwaq. Wi, li, hémenala‘ma brgwanrmé 
gtnx id k-!ak !ap!pnasa ts!ésnala lag. Wa, gilfmésé klip !endqéxs 
laé L!dpa. Wa, lazem xtlxtinx“‘idexs laé L!opa. Wa, li tsax'enxs 
klilx'aé. Wa, lanm k‘!eis gwéx‘idaats k‘!ip!entsés ts!ésnala laq. 
Wai, gilfmésé L!oprxs laé hinx'sendrq laxés lngwilés rlselax-dema. 
Wa, la &x‘édxa ‘walasé loq!wa qa‘s k‘anolilés laxa lsélats!é 
hinx'Lanowa. Wa, la gtixts!Otsa ‘wapé Jaq. Wa, gil’mésé ék:-!o- 
dzafya ‘wapé laqéxs laé ix‘édxa ts!éstala qa‘s k:!ak:!ap!enés laxa 
alasé qa‘s li k-!ipstalas laxa ts!ots!ox‘tinats!é loq!waxa hinx laakwé 
alasa. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlosexs laéda brewanrmé k!wagigrlitaq 
qa‘s ts!ots!oxtinx“idé laxés laéna‘yé Llax‘‘ida. Wi, g‘ilnaxwa‘mésé 
ewal ts!ots!ox‘tnaxa ‘nrmé alaspx laé yax‘wits laxés Lé‘lanmmé 
qa galq!rsés Elsasxa alasé. Wa, li héx‘tidarm elsas‘idéda g-alé 
yax‘witse’wa, yixs laé hanakwila ts!dts!ox*tnéda brewanrmax 
yaq!wémaLasa makilaq. Wa, li hé gwetnaktlaxa waokwé é‘la- 
nEms. Wa, g‘ilnaxwatmésé ‘witléda g“alé yax‘witsd’sa alaspxs laé 
ét!éd yaxtwideq. Wai, gil’mésé podl‘idexs laé motelaxés inéx'sityé 
qaes genEmé, yixs Jéx‘a‘maé ElsasdeEmxa Aalaséda ts!awtinxé lax 
