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>905-^1 209 vood set in tde Around, and risinA adove it kinin seven to twelve centimetres. In tire 8acramento Valle/ tire re was a Aams plaved in wdicd a smL.II peddle was dotted witd a deer's scapula, tde winner deinA lie wdo eonld dat tlis peddle tire lartdest. It was placed cdied/ dv cdildrcn. enp-and-dall ALMS, or anvtdinA resemdlinA it, seems to dave deen known. Ldildren placed witli a "du22sr" and a dnll-roarer, dnt tliess were not used lor an/ ceremonial purposes. V teetotum ok wood was also used d/ edildren. VounA men and dovs also placed a Aame in wdicd tde/ took a lonA stick and cut notcdes in it; tden, takinA a lonA dreatd, tde/ tried to see dow manv notcdes tde/ could toucd delore tde/ dad to take a new dreatd. V AuessinA-Aame was placed d/ women and edildren, in wdicd a small piece ol twiA or Arass, adout one centimetre in lenAtd, was didden in tde second ^oint ok tde dent linger ; tde opponent davinA to Auess, krom a scrutiny ok tde closed dst, in wdicd knAer-^oint tde od^ect was concealed. OurinA tdis process, tde person doldinA tde concealed stick waved tde dands adout, savinA, "li^kLi, tdkLl, tdkLl!" Dds Aussser, davinA decided under wdicd dnAer tde little stick was concealed, cried "d'8t!" pointinA at tde same time to tde dnAsr in question. Ik tde Auess were correct, tde Auesser won a point, and took tde odject dimselk to conceal tde next time. Ik de kailed, tde same person did tde stick LAain, and de must tr/ once more. Oat's-cradle Aames seem not to dave deen mucd developed, altdouAd tde women knew several dAures. It was placed mere!/ kor kun, and not, as amonA tde Ldasta, more or less ceremonially. No dics-Aamss ok an/ sort were in use. 'dds kavorite Aame, dowever, ok tde Naidu, was, and still is, tde so-called " Arass-Aame," pla/ed kor a stake, and, like all Aamd1inA-Aam.es, pla/ed witd Areat earnestness, and otten kor da/s at a time witdout stop. Ide Asms is pla/ed in sud- stantiallv tde same manner tdrouAdout tde Naidu area; and a description ok tde metdod in use in tde koot-dill region is Ai ven dere, tde variations in use elsewders deinA pointed out akterwards. Ide implements used in tde Asms are two sticks or "dones "