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I y8 0/^Vol. XVII, 8ln.aH doolcs ok two pieces ok done, tied to^etder and pitched at tde )oint, were used in dsdinA, dut not to a Zreat extent. ?isd were at times stupsded dv tde nss ok soap-root, wdicd was druised, and placed in sinall pools, d'dis metkod, dowever, was not mucd nsed. It is claimed dv tde Naidu in tde 8acramento Valley tdat certain expert divers sometimes cau^dt dsd dv diving witd a stick to tde end ok wdied a sinew noose was attacked, wdicd conld de pnlled ti^dt wden desired. IIv cautiouslv swimming toward a lar^s dsd, tdis noose was said to de slipped over tde dsd's dead, and pnlled tant, tde diver tden coming to tde snrkacs witd dis prise. In tdis section, also, mnssels were xatkered dv divers. In tde region ok tde koot-dills tdere was always some little ceremony at tde time wden tde drst salmon ok tde season was cau^dt. ^de drst salmon dad to de cau§dt d^ one ok tde sdamans, and no one else mixdt dsd nntil de was snccsssknl. d^de dsd cauZdt was cooked over a 6re duilt on tde spot, and was tden divided into manv small pieces, one ok wdicd, witd a morsel ok acorn-dread, was Ziven d^ tde sdaman to sacd per son. ^.kter tdat, an^ one mi^dt xo dsdinZ. ddere seem to dave deen no verv eladorate rnles in regard to tde division ok ^ame. Ik two men sdot tde same deer, it was evenly divided detween idem. lV man wdo came in krom a dnnt (not a drive) divided tde meat amonZ all dis kriends and relatives, ^de cdiek Aot no larger sdars tdan an^ one else. d?n^xs?onr^riox ^.xn d?n^OL.— Lxcept on tde Lacramento Ki ver and its tridutariss witdin tde valley region, tdere was little opportunity kor tde Naidu to make use ok anv sort ok canoe; kor tde streams were eitder torrential in tksir cdaracter, or larAsl/ dried np in tde summer montds. In tde valley, dowever, it would seem, stran^elv enou^k, tdat canoes were dut little used, ^den made, tdev were dut rouZd duA-outs, droad and dat, tde ends deinZ abruptly rounded or square. Ide^ were propelled dv poles, it is said, almost entirely. Kou^d rakts were also used. R.ude dalsa-liks rakts ok reeds dut little over tdres metres lonA were used to some extent. In tde region occupied d^ tde Xortdsastern Naidu tdere is a^ain opportunity—limited, dowever—kor tde use ok canoes.