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used -wden it could de obtained. 'dde dase ivas deld drrnl^ on tds ground vitd tds dnees, and tde tivirlinA-sticd rapidly twirled detivesn tde dands, tds dands dsinZ placed at tde top, and v^ordinZ do^vn, tdus ssivinZ tde requisite pressure. Orass tdorou^dl^ dried, or pund^ ivood, ivas used as tiuder. dires 'rvers rarely alloivsd to §o out; and ^vdile travelling, a pund^ piece ot ^vood, in vdied tire tire srnouldsred, vas aliva^s curried. doon ^.^rn irs ?L8?>viiLrio>i. — ^ire kood-suppi^ ot tire Naidu -vas large, and included practically ever^tding edidle to de tound in tlrs region. Vegs- tadls koods rvere psrdaps a little nrore used in tds Lacrarnento Valley area tdan in tlrs mountains, udders gains rvas rattier nrore adundant. Ids clriet dependence ot tlrs Naidu, in conrnron uutd nrost ot tire Indians ot tlrs central part ot tlrs 8tate, rvas upon tde acorn, ^dde Naidu recog- ni^e adout a do^en ditterent varieties ot tlrese. In tde creation rn^td it is declared tdat tds Lrsator's tirst act, alter korining tds dr^ land, rvas to cause a great oad-tree to spring up, on u^dicd gre^ all tds trvslve varieties ot acorns. dater tdese ditterent varieties canre to groiv on ditterent trees, d^de nriraculous tree, dovsver, created d)^ LioNo^anpE, rvas still standing, according to old nren, at Ourdanr (laNoido) at tde tinrs ivden, in tds sarl^ '40'3, tds drst settler arrived, Ids tree was cut dorvn d^ dinr in spits ot strong protest d^ tds Indians; and it is declared tdat tde stunrp died prokusel^ at tde drst strode ot tde axe, and tdat in tds deart ot tds tree rvas tound a peculiar sudstancs 'dide a roll ot tdin, strong paper," trorn ivdicd tde dlood doived. d'de exact spot at ivdicd tde tree stood is still pointed out. dltdou^d tde acorns ot all species ok oads AroivinZ in tds region are eaten, sorne varieties are distinctly preterred to otders. In general, dlsivderr^, diedrnann, and IdUZrLVnt O. L., were tde tavorite species.