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In Ills mountains tile eartb and conical lodges Mere oc- cupisd tor lour or bvs montbs ok tbs ^snr, beginning about November. In tbe summer tirns tben vers practicalln deserted, tke vbole population being oK in tbs kills, engaged . in bunting. In tbe Lacramento Vallen tbs occupancy ok tbs eartb lodge vould seern to bavs keen rnors continuous; kor, ' vbile in tbs surnrner montbs tbs people vers living out ok doors practically all tbs tirne, ^st tbe bsav^ eartb cover ok tbe lodge rnade it b^ kar tbs coolest place tbrougbout tbe period ok surnrner beat, and tbe inen in particular vsre not slow to talcs advantage ok tbis kact. lbe dance-bouse in par ticular vas a kavorite lounging-place. lbe sites cbossn kor tbe erection ok lodges and permanent villages varied considerably. In tbe Lacramento Valley tbs villages vers usually scattered along near tbe banlcs ok tbe larger streams, krom tbs point vbers tbe^ cams out krom tbe mountains, to some distance above tbeir moutbs. No villages, it seems, vsre placed at tbeir moutbs, or along tbe Lacramento, as tbe immediate vicinity ok tbe larger river vas one mucb exposed to bood. lbrougbout tbe koot-bills and tbe bibber Lierra, except vbers occupied b^ tbs Nortbsastcrn Naidu, tbe cannons and river-valleys vers so narrov and deep tbat tbs villages vers situated b^ prskersncs on tbs ridges, bigb above tbe rivers, and generally on small bats on tbe crest ok tbs ridge, or part va^ dovn tbe cannon-side, lbs sites cbossn vers almost alva^s selected vitb rskerencs to attack and dekencs; and a sligbt lcnoll vas, as a rule, pre- kerred. lbs Nortbeastsrn Naidu, occupying tbs cbain ok level valleys already described, vere krse to locate almost anvvbere. /Is a rule, bovever, tbsn selected sites along tbe edges ok tbsss valleys, and rarely lived out in tbe middle ok tbs level strstcbes. lbs sise ok villages seems, as vould be expected, to bavs varied mucb. In soms tbers vers as mann as tvent^ or mors sartb-coversd lodges. In otbsr. cases, a village, or, ratbsr, settlement, vould consist ok but a single lodge. lbs interior kurnisbings and arrangements ok tbe bouses vers, as a vbols, vern simple. Usually in tbs eartb-covsred