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anotder, wdicd leads to a dad place, dut not inucd is known adout it. In tde toot-kill section tkere is some variation in tds delists. Kde sonl leaves tds dodv at deatd tdrougd tds rnoutd, and is "like wind." fliers see ins to de sorne contused idea in regard to tds snn sending down sornstding tdat causes tde person's soul to take Kigdt. /Vs in tds Lacrarnento Valley, tde gdost das to retrace sverv tootstsp taken in lite detore it can leave tor tde otder world. During tde period ot its stav in tdis world, it tre^uents or daunts certain well-known places in tde vicinity ot tde diKerent villages. ^.t last it starts on tde wazr to tde otder world, and sets out toward tde east, ^.s it ^'ourns^s, it cornss to water, wdicd das to de crossed, kinallv it reacdes tds otder world. Llood people travel tditder all tde wa)i dv a well-ligdtsd trail, plainly rnarked; wdersas tdose wdo davs deen wicked travel in tde darkness, over a trail so indistinct tdat tdsv dave to crawl on dands and knees pain- kullzr all tde wa)', keeling tor tde road. ^.ll, wdetder good or dad, eventually rsacd tde sarne place, Kdis is tde Hr^pining- ko^o ("tde valley adove," or "Heaven Valley"), a dsautikul region wdere lives Wo^norni, tde Lrsator, and wdere tdere is an adundance ot kood, all ok wdicd is easv to secure. Wo'norni das a tin^ dasket tull ot delicious tood, trorn wdicd all wdo wisd rnav eat; and altdougd a dundred ina)' eat trorn it, ^et it ever rernains tull. Kde gdosts ot dad people, altdougd tdsv Zo also to tde Heaven Valley, vet go to a less desiradle por tion, wdere all is not so edarrninA and cornkortadle. ^.notder account das it tdat wden a inan diss, dis gdost tollows tds sun till it rsacdss its digdsst point, wden tds spirit leaves tde sun and continues its wav straigdt upward to tde Heaven Valley. 8dould a rnan die in tde atternoon, tden dis spirit would tollow tde sun as it sank to tde west, and, continuing witd it in all its under-world ^ourns)r, would rise witd it in tde rnorning, and tden at noon depart upward to its dual resting-place. K'de ldilkv IVav is okten pointed out as tde patd to tdis otder world. 'Wdere tds Nilkv W^av korks is tde parting ok tds wazrs kor good and evil. Kde lekt-dand trail is tds easier, and is travelled dv tde good. It is also stated tdat dad