Boas] RECIPES 513 
his oil-dishes | and oil and brings them, so that they are ready. 48 
Then those who are to peel the | eel-grass come in; and when they 
are all inside, the man asks the || young men of his numaym to go and 50 
carry up the eel-grass. | Immediately the young men go and carry it 
up. They | carry it into the house and put it down in front of those 
who are to peel it. | The man takes the oil and pours it into the | 
oil-dishes; and when the oil is in every one, (the young men) place 
them infront || of those who are to peel the eel-grass, at the outer side. 55 
There are four | men to each oil-dish. Then the eel-grass is scattered 
in front of | those who are to peel it. When this is done, the | men 
take up four pieces of eel-grass and pluck off | the small roots. When 
they are all off, they peel off the || leaves of the tail-end. They begin 60 
at the upper end of the thick | root; and when they have peeled it as 
far as the soft part in the middle of the | eel-grass, they do the same 
with the other three pieces. When | this has been done with all of 
them, they put the roots together so that they are | three finger- 
widths in length, and then they — break || them off; 65 
and they break them off again so ——— that they are all 
the same length, | in this manner: Then there are 
eight pieces in all. They tie | them together with 
the leaves, in this manner, and they hold them at | 1. 
Then they dip (the bundle) into the oil and eat it, 
and I all the others do the same. After they have 
Lefwa Lisa qa g’axés qwilita. Wi, gaxe “hogwirnléda Séx"aLaxa 4 
tslats!ayimé. Wa, gilf*mésé ewidladiixs laéda bregwanrmé hélaxa 
hi‘yaliisés ‘ne‘meémoté qa liis gemx‘tisdésaxa ts!ats!ayimé. Wa, 50 
héx‘ida‘mésé lax'da‘xwéda hia‘y vale a qa‘s li gemx‘tisdésaq qa‘s lf 
gemxéLelaq qa‘s li gnmxnmlitnlas lax ox"dzamalilasa sé@x‘aaq. 
Wii, li &x‘edéda begwinemaxa Liéna qafs k!tnxts!alés laxa ts!é- 
ts!ebats!é. Wa, gilfmésé q!walxots!swakiixs laé k-ax-dzamolitas 
laxa séx’aLaxa ts!ats!ayimé lax L!asalitas. Wéa, la maémaéléda be- 55 
begwanEmaxa ‘nal‘neméxta ts!éts!ebats!i. Wa, lara gwétemalitéda 
ts!ats!ayimé laxa séx‘ataq. Wa, gil’mésé gwalalitexs laé héx-‘i- 
dafma bébrgwanrmé dax“idxa maémots!aqé ts!ats!ayima qa kliil- 
wiléxa Am‘ima‘yé L!op!ek’s. Wii, gil’mésé ‘witlixs laé séx-Alaxa 
wiwakitya‘ya dgwida‘yas Oxsda‘yas gig ‘iLElalax iwana‘yasa Lekwé 60 
Liop!ek's. Wa, gvil‘mésé lag-aa séxatyas lax tzltelq!tiq!a‘yasa 
ts!ats!atyimaxs laé éet!éd hé gwex<idxa ytdux"ts!aqé. Wa, giil- 
‘mésé ‘wifla la hé gwekiixs laé qlap!éx*idex 1!dp!ek-aséxs tee yae 
dux"den laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx yix iwisgrmasaséxs laé k-d- 
kexsendrq. Wa, li ét!éd kOk'Exsendrq qa emraes iwdsgbmasa 65 
ga gwiiléga (fig.). Wa, li himalgtinalts!aqdlaxs laé yiltsemts qwé- 
qtt'!pxsdatyas liq g'a gwiiléga (jfig.). Wa, hé‘mis la datasdséda 
(1) axs laé ts!ep!éts lixa vi!é‘na qa‘s ts!asts!ms‘édéq. Wa, ‘na- 
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