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coming ok Ilie wkites, Ikers were alwavs traces ok tkese dances present in tkis region. 01 tke clown, tkere seerns tc> Ke Kers no trace, and, as already remarked, tke entire dance svstem is simple and unsystematic. In place ok tke long, definitely arranged sckcdule ok dances wkick existed among tke 8acra- mento Valley Naidu, witk tkeir varied and slakorate decora tions and ratker complicated evolutions and imitations ok various animals and kirds, we kave Ke re no sckeduls at all, merely a single spring festival ksld out ok doors. kksrs is little elaboration ok costume, tkere seems to Ke little or notking in tke wa^ ok representations ok spiritual keings, and, except kor tke single case ok tke kear in tke w^dako^em, no attempts at representing animals or kirds. Iks 8wsat dances, and tke skamans' meetings, wkere tke skamans conversed vitk tke spirits, placed tke most prominent part, it would seem, in tke ceremonial meetings ok tkis section ok tke stock. Nore or less intermediate kstween tkis paucity ok ceremonial kere, and tke akundance in tke Lacramento Valley region, are tke koot-kill people. Xmong tkem, altkougk tke skaman ceremonials were prominent and ok importance, ^st tkere was more ok a sckeme ok ceremonies; and, altkougk tks^ kad kut a portion ok tke mang dances known to tke Lkico people, ^st tkev kad more tkan did tke mountain people. X mors or less gradual transition, tken, ma^ Ke noted in regard to tke dance organisation ok tke Naidu, krom a definite, slakorate, and extensive series ok ceremonies among tke western msmkers, to an indefinite, simple, and kriek series among tke easternmost, krom tkis standpoint, tken, we kave again evidence ok tke considerakle degree ok variation witkin tke limits ok tkis single stock,—a variation wkick ckaractsrises nearly ever^ feature ok its culture, smpkasising again and again tke ex treme degree ok variety wkick exists in tke Lalikornian area. Inn LecRirr LociLi v.—In discussing tke various ceremonies ok tke Naidu, as well as in otker connections, mention Kas keen kre^uentl^ mads ok tke 8scret 8ocist/. It remains to con sider tkis ver^- ckaracteristic keature ok tke religious and social like ok tkis people, kekore passing to a discussion ok tke m^tkolog^.