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enough, he takes the tongs and | holds the pieces of chiton and throws 
55 them into the || fire, and then he picks them out again with the 
tongs and puts | them back into the dish, and he washes them, and 
then he eats them. | He only stops when he has eaten enough. Then 
he rinses his mouth | with water; and after he has rinsed his mouth, 
so that the salt taste | is removed, he drinks a little water. That is 
60 all about || one way of cooking them. | 
1 Baked Large Chiton. < There is another way of cooking | chitons. 
They only cut out the entrails; and as soon as all | the entrails are 
out, the woman takes her tongs and digs a hole | in the hot ashes. 
5 Then she takes the chiton whose guts have been removed and || puts 
it into the hole that she has dug, and she covers it over with hot 
ashes. | As soon as she has done so, she takes a dish and pours water 
into it | untilit is half full. Whenshe has done so, she takes a spoon | 
and puts it down by the side of the fire, and also the dish, | and she 
takes the tongs and uncovers the chiton which has been buried in the 
ashes. || With her tongs she lifts the buried chiton and | puts it into 
the dish, and she takes the spoon and with it she scrapes off | the 
ashes that stick on it from the outside. | As soon as they are all off, she 
pulls off the shell from the back, for it is very soft, because | it is 
thoroughly cooked. As soon as all the dirt is off, she || changes the 
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53 logiimé. Wa, gilfmésé héla ixatyaséxs laé ix‘édxés ts!éstala qa‘s 
daléqéxs laé dax-idxa t!nwékwe k-!endta qa‘s ts!mxraléq laxés 
55 Ingwilé. Wa, xwélaqa‘mésé k:!ip!étsa ts!ésrala lag qa‘s li k-!ip- 
stalas laxa loq!we. Wa, la ts!ox¢wideq qa‘s k-!intk!at!édéq. Wa, 
lazrm al‘em gwalexs laé polfida. Wa, li héx-‘idarm ts!zwé!Ex6- 
tsa ‘wape. Wa, gilfmése gwal tsewér!exodnxs laé ‘witlawa dem- 
plaéi!mxawayaséxs laé nax‘idxa hélalé ‘wapa. Wa, lasm gwala 
60 ‘nemx‘idata haméx'silaéneéq. y 
1 Baked Large Chiton.—Wéi, g’a‘més® nemx‘‘idala hi‘méx'silaénéxa 
k-lmndtéga, yixs 4tmaé ts!éwelégekwa. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlawe 
yax'yigrilaséxs laéda ts!mdaqé &x‘édxés ts!ésnila qa‘s labésé laxa 
ts!rlqwa gtina‘ya. Wa, li ax*édxa ts!éwrligekwé k‘!endta qa‘s 
mEx"ts!odés laxés lapaty. Wa, la dzemsgrmtsa ts!elqwa gtina‘yé 
laq. WA, gil‘mésé gwatexs laé i=*edxa loq lw qa’s giixts!odésa ‘wapée 
laq qa nEgoyoxsdales. Wai, gil'mésé gwatexs laé &x‘édxa k-ats!enaqé 
qa‘s g‘ixe g-ég-alitaq lax mag‘inwalilasés Ingwilé Letwa loq!wée. Wa, 
li sxtedxa tslészala qa‘s let !edes laxés dzamésasE‘we k: lenota. 
10 Wa, la klip!étsa ts!ésrala lixa dzamédzekweé k‘!mndta qa‘s la 
k lipstents lixa loq!we. Wa, la ax‘édxa k-ats!mnaqé qa‘s k-ddzxl- 
tsemdés lax Osgema‘yas qa lawalésa gitna‘yé la k!titseméq. Wi, 
gilfmésé ‘witlixs lae gelqilax xeldzég: afyas qaxs laé xas‘ida qaxs 
laé Alak:!ala la L!opa. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘witliwa *yax'sema‘yaséxs laé 
15 Llayodex ‘wipaséxs laé néqwa. Wii, lamm giiqddrq lax L!asana- 
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