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has done so, she gathers | the slime and throws it into the sea. As 
soon as | she comes up from the beach, she picks up the roasting- 
tongs with the eyes in them, that had been put over the fire, | for 
there are four of them, and she places them by the side of the fire of 
her house. || Then she. watches them until the skin of the head is 
blackened; | and when it turns black, she takes it away and puts it | 
over the fire. Then her husband at once | invites his numaym to come 
and eat it, for he must take care | not to keep it over night in the 
house; for the first people said, that, if || the roasted eyes were kept 
over night in the house when | they are first caught, then the silver- 
salmon would disappear from the sea. | Therefore they do in this way. 
As soon as the guests | come in, they sit down in the rear of the fire, | 
on the mat that has been spread out for them. When all || the guests 
are in, the woman takes a new food- | mat and spreads it in front of 
those to whom she is going to give to eat. Then she | takes down the 
four roasting-tongs with the eyes in them that had been over the fire 
and places them | before her guests. Then she takes the salmon out of 
the | roasting-tongs. After she has done so, she gives water || to 
them to drink; and after they finish drinking, then the one highest 
in rank | prays to what they are going to eat. He says: ‘O, 
friends! | thank you that we meet alive. We have lived until | this 
time when you came this year. Now we pray | you, Supernatural- 
x‘idxa k'!é’lé qa‘s lé ts!exste’ndeq la’xa dr’msx'é. Wai, g‘i’l- 
‘mésé g'i’x*wiisdésexs la’é da’gilxnalaxa L!d’pts!ala xéxexstowa- 
kwa, yixs mo’ts!aqaé qa‘s lé La’ndlisaq lax Imgwi'lasés g'd’kwe. 
Wii, la‘mé’sé da’doqwilaq ga k!itimp’lx‘idés 1!é’sasa hé’x't!a‘yé. 
Wa, gi’lsemésé k!imp’lx‘idexs la’é &x‘é’deq qa‘s Lé’s‘aLE’lodés 
la’xa @6’klafyasés lngwi'lé. Wai, la’xa hé’x‘ida‘mé 1a’*winrmas 
la Lélalaxés ‘ne‘mé’motée qa g’a’xés hitma’peq qaxs aé/kilaaq 
xafmaé’] la’xa g°d’kwé, yixs ‘née’k'aéda o'a/lé bEgwa’nEmqéxs 
g@i/lméla’xé xa‘maé’la L!0’bekwé xéxexstowak" 1a’xa g°d’kwaxs 
@a/lopanemaé 1la’laxé x‘is‘i’dlaxa dzafwii/né la’xa ad’wak-é. 
Wa, hé’mis la’gitas hé gwé’x-idé. Wi, gi’lfmésé g'ax 
ho’gwitéda 1é/linemaxs la’e k!ts'a’lit lax 6’gwiwalitasa  |e- 
gwi'lé, la’xa la tebé‘latsa té’watyé qaé. Wa, gi/lfmésé ‘wi'<laé- 
Léda 1é’‘lanemaxs la’éda ts!eda’qé &x‘e’dxa w/ldzowé ha‘madzo 
té’*watya qa‘s lé Lepdzam6’lilas la’xés hi*mg'i’/lasoLé. Wii, la 4xa’- 
x0dxa mO6’ts!aqé LléL!opts!ala xéxpxstowa’kwa qa‘s lé axdzamo’- 
lilas la’xés Lé’‘lanbmé. Wa, hé’*mis x‘ik:!ax‘i’deq qa 1d’Its!Awés 
la’xés L!0’psayowé. Wai, gi’l'mésé gwa’lexs la’é tsii’x“‘itsa ‘wa’peée 
laq qa na’x‘itsds. Wi, g‘i/l'mésé gwal na’qaxs la’é naxsi’laga- 
‘yas ts!n/Iwaqaxés ha‘ma’Lé. Wi, la ‘né/k-a:’ A’k‘ason ‘néne- 
mo’k", gé’lak-as‘laxg‘ins q!ila’gowé. Wa, g’a’x‘emxa‘nuéx" ga’x‘a- 
LEla 14’/xds g'a’xdEmaqaso’xda ‘na’lax. Wiéi, la‘mé’senu‘x" hawa’- 
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