order, and even in lengtk. On completing ike krst row ok loops, Ike maker starts a second row, netting tkis into tke preceding, keld in order on tke twig, and rising a second twig to string tkis second row npon. "tke second row being com pleted, tke krst twig is pnlled ont, and used to string tke tkird row npon, and so on. .4 considerable nnrnder ok otker stitckes were in use besides tkis )ust described. Iks gen eral appearance ok tkese is skown in klate XXXIX, and tke tsekniMS in kig. 15, k> and c, in wkick c represents tke knot used in tke open-work diamond-pattern cap. In k we kavs tke tvpe called b/ Nason "coiled work witkont konndation," konnd among tke nortkern ^.tkapascan and tke Kima, and extensively to tke sontk, even in nortkern 8outk America. and MearnnF. — "tke mannkactnre ok baskets is kar tke most important ok tke arts ok tke Naidu, "tke materials used varied somewkat in dikkerent portions ok tke area, bnt were largely confined eitker to various species ok willow or to tke red-bnd occrdenta/r^ "torr.). "tke spe cies ok willow most esteemed in tke wkole nortkern portion ok tke Naidu area seems to be Xa/rL /inrdairU Xutt., var. ar^ro^/r^Z/a, altkou^k a number ok otker species were also used. Lkoots ok tke Kasel ro^ra/a /Vit. var., ca/r- /ornrca ZV. I). 0.) were used kor tke radial elements in burden- baskets. In tke kicker Lierra tke roots ok tke yellow pine Ponderosa Oougl.) were employed to a considerable extent in making large burden-baskets; and a grass (probably Xero/>/rMnnr tena^ Xutt.), togetker witk tke roots ok tke common brake a^nrUra k.) and tke stems ok tke maiden-kair kern (/ldrantron Pedatnnr k.), were also used, "tke peeled willow onlv was used, and kor botk coil and sewing- splint. "tke red-bud was used also kor botk purposes, but was used botk peeled and unpeeled kor sewing-splint, "tke pine-root was in use onlv kor sewing-splint, and was nearly always dved black bv butting it in a mixture ok mud and ckarcoal kor some time. Lotk coiled and twined basketry was in use among tke Naidu, tke kormer being employed kor all except burden- /y-N I 70