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sded, rudded on tde cut. Nlden tde Lord drops oil, it is, amon§ tire Lacramento Valley people, simply tdrown awa^, it is said. In tire mountains, dowever, it is carelullv pre served, and tied to tire cradls-doard on wdicd tire ciriid is placed, d'de alter-dirtd is carelud^ duried, as a rule, so tdat no aninral ma^ eat it. Nost ok tirese cnstonrs irave Zone out 01 use. still-dorn clrild entailed nrncir nrore strict odservances. d'de period ol tasting and dieting was prolonged to a nrontir tor dotd rnan and wile in tlre loot-dills, alter wdicd tirne tire rnan miZdt talce np iris regular lite aZain. d'de woman, dow- sver, lrad to remain in seclusion, and continue irer last lor at least tirres montlrs. In tlre area occupied d^ tire portli- eastern Naidu, dotd dusdand and wile lrad to Zo oK alone into tire mountains, and sta^ lor a couple ok montirs, lasting, datdinZ, and deeping ver^ c^uiet. d^irs woman lrad to sta^ some time alter tlre man was allowed to return. d'Ire dod^ ok a still-dorn clrild is duried at once. Il it is duried lace down ward, it is delieved tlrat tde motder will ever alter de barren. Except in tde loot-dill area, tdere seem to davs deen no especial dsliels in regard to twins, po particular odservances were necessary, and it does not seem to davs deen customarv to dill eitder or dotd. In tde loot-dills, dowever, tde dirtd ol twins was regarded as an exceptionally dad omen. Dds motder was olten lulled, it is said, and tde newl^ dorn cdildren eitder duried alive wild tde molder's dod^ or durned. It was tdou^dt dv tde portdeastern Naidu, tdat, il tde latdsr wore two caps (wilca') at tde time tde clrild was conceived, twins would de tde result, karren women went to a certain roclc wdicd dore some resemdlancs to a woman witd clrild. toucdinA tdis it was tdou^dt tde^ would de sure to conceive, ^.dortion is said to dave deen ver/ rare. N^den practised, it was d^ means ol pressure. p^iuLS. — In tde names ^ivsn to cdildren, and tde numder ok names, tdere seems to de consideradls variation in dilkerent parts ol tde Naidu area. In tde 8acramsnto Valley region adout Ldico, names are said to de ^iven to cdildren d^ tdeir parents wdsn tde cdildren are adout one or two ^sars old.