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i9°5-^1 Zk'.rs», 9 woman, LMONA ike ^ortkwestern Naidu, Aoes io ike men- sirual kui, and is ikers delivered. Oenerallv ske is assisted kv one or two old women. Immediately ike eKild is Korn, ike woman takes a lar^e sione, warms ii in ike askes, and, l^inA on Ker kack, places ike sione on Ker akdomsn. 8ke keeps ike sione ikere, and remains ikus uniil ske leaves ike kui. In ike koot-kik region ike mensirual kui doss noi seem io Ke used lor ike purpose ok ckild-kirik, ike woman merely ZoinZ okk wiik an old woman io kelp Ker, and §ivin§ kirik io ike eKild ai some disianee krom ike village. 8ke is delivered in a sitting posiiion. Okien koi ieas ok various kerks are ^iven io kasien delivery. In ike area occupied kv ike Norikeasiern Naidu, ike ckild is Korn eiiker in ike ordinary kouse. ik in winier, or in ike summer skelier ik ike weaiker is warm. In all cases koik kuskand and wike kave io okserve sirici reZulaiions ai ike iime ok kirik and kor a varvin^ period ikereakier. In ike 8acramenio Valley region, koik musi kasi, aksiainin^ krom meai and ksk kor kvs da vs. During ikis iime ike kuskand Kas io remain wiik Kis wike in ike mensirual kui. ^kier ike live davs are over, koik Ao io ike river and kaike, iken reiurn kor kvs davs more, wken, akier kaikinx a second iime, ikeir purikcaiion is over. In ike kooi-kills, ike kuskand and wike kasi similarly; kui ike kuskand does noi remain wiik Kis wike, merely sia^inA c^uieil^ ai Korns, and noi AoinA oui kuniinA ai all. 'kke period Kers seems io Ke less dekiniie, lasting iill ike woman is akle io walk akoui easily, kor ike woman ike period ok suck kasiinZ ceases wiik ike tlow ok disckarZes. 'kks .^lorikeasiern Naidu kave similar re^ula- iions, ike kasiinA and specified diei kein^ ike same as ikai kor ^irls ai ike iime ok ike pukeriv ceremonies, and lasting kor koik man and wike uniil ike umkilical cord drops oik krom ike new-korn ckild. Wken ikis occurs, koik man and wike kaike, and are iken akle io take up ikeir regular like. Iks ckild, immediately skier kirik, is taken kv an old woman, or kv ike moiker ik ske is akle, and wasked wiik warm waier. d^kis waskin^ is done repeatedly kv ike 8acramsnio Valley people, and less okien k^ ike oikers. 'kke umkilical cord is cui wiik a skarp skell, and askes mixed wiik pounded