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2 barnacles, so that the edible part comes out; and after they have 
pushed out | the edible part, they pinch the shell teeth of the barna- 
cles, and bite off the | lower end and eat it; and they all do the same || 
5 while they are eating the barnacles. They eat them very quickly; | 
and after they have eaten them, the host who is giving the barnacle- 
feast draws some water and | gives it to the feasters. They rinse 
their mouths so as to | remove the salt taste from the inside of the 
mouth; and when the salt taste is out of the mouth, | they drink a 
10 little water. Then || they go out of the house; and the host gathers | 
the empty shells, puts them into a mat, and throws them | out of his 
house. That is all about this. | 
Another Way of preparing Barnacles.—Burning barnacles on | level 
sandstone. When the | woman gets ready to go and start a fire over 
the barnacles, she | first takes her large basket; and she takes a 
5 short, broad board and || splits it in pieces the thickness of a finger. | 
She ties them up with cedar-bark, and she also takes her yew-wood | 
clam-digging stick and matches, and she carries her | large basket. 
She carries the split cedar-sticks on her shoulder, | and in one hand 
she carries the yew-wood clam-digging stick, and she walks down the 
10 rocky || beach in front of her house at Fort Rupert. Then she looks 
for | a sheet of barnacles; and as soon as she finds a large patch of 
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laxa k!wét!afyé qa laxsalés himts!4was. W4a, gil‘mése L!mnx'sdd- 
xa himts!4waséxs laé ép!édex q!meimasa k!wét!afyaxs laé q!ek-6- 
dex 6xsdEfyas qa‘s himx*‘idéq. Wa, li ‘naxwarm hé gweg-ilaxs 
klwetk!wataaxa k!wét!atyé. Wii, li halabalarmxs hi‘mapaaq. Wii, 
g ilfmésé ‘witlaxs laé ax*edéda k!wetélixa k!wétatyéxa ‘wapé qa‘s li 
tséx‘its lixés k!wétélagilé. Wa, lax'da‘xwée ts!mwéL!exoda qa 
lawiiyés drmp!aéL!pxawa‘yas. Wa, gil'mésé ‘witlawe demp!aéi!n- 
xawe‘yaséxs laé xaL!px‘id nax‘idxa ‘wapeé. Wii, héx-‘ida‘mésé 
10 ‘naxwa hoqtiwelsa. Wai, laxaéda k!wetélax'de héx-‘idamm q!ap!e- 
gilitxa tlasmoté qa‘s k-lats!odés laxa Imxa‘yé qa‘s li k !odus lax 
Liasand‘yasés g-Okwe. Wi, lazm gwal laxéq. 
Another Way of preparing Barnacles. — Aniixa klwetlatya laxa 
k!wedek!wa tlésema laxa ‘nemaa dEnaxek!wa. Wii, héfmaaxs 
laé xwanalpléda ts!edaqaxs lané Anaxa k!wet!atyé, wi, hé‘mis 
gil axsétso%sés ‘walasé Ipxafya. Wa, li &x‘édxa ts!ats!ax"semé 
5 qa’s xOxox"sEndé qa yiwés awagwitens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex. 
Wa, la yiLoyotsa drnasé lag. Wa, hé'misa L!emq!ek:!iné 
k Yilakwa; wi, hé*misa kédzayowa. Wai, li oOxialaxés ‘wa- 
lasé lpxafya. Wi, la wik-ilaxa mendzaakwé k!wafxtawa. Wii, 
li dak: !otelaxés Llemq!ek:!iné k-lilakwaxs laé Irts!myala lax 
10 Liema‘isasés g‘Okwé laxg-a Tsaxések’. Wa, li aléx-‘idex ‘nemxsa- 
aasa klwétlafya. Wa, gilfmésé q!laxa léxnya tasita k!wétlafya, 
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