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and doZ Ere not used lor lood, and in Ilie soutkern section Ilie ^risl^ dear was also exempt. ^.ll birds practically, except tke bu^sard, Ere eaten, ducks and Aesse in particular beinA cau^kt in kundrsds at tke proper 8ea8ON8. Kinards, snakes, and lro§s were not eaten. Vellow-^ackst larvB were, kow- ever, ca^erlv souAkt, L8 were al8O anAle-worms. Orass- koppers, locu8t8, ancl crickets were kiZkl^- e8teelN6<I, and in tkeir dried condition were muck used in trade. ?i8k ol man^ kinds were to lie kad, 8alrnon beinZ cau^kt in considerable quantities in tke earl^ da^s. Kiels were a lavenite lood, and, dried, lormed an indispensable part ol tlre winter'8 lood- 8uppl^ lor tlre loot-lrill and valley people. 8kell-ksk, 8uclr a8 rnu88el8, were to lie lrad in 8oine abundance, particularly in tire 8acramento iRiver. 8alrnon-l)on68 and deer-vertebrss were pounded up and U8ed lor lood; tlre salmon-bones bsinA eaten raw, wirersas tlre deer-vertebrss, alter pounding, were made into little cakes and baked. ^kke collection and preparation ok acorn8 lor lood were amonA tlre rno8t irnportant indu8tri«8 ol tlre Naidu, in conrrnon witlr rno8t ol tlre Central Oalilornian trilre8. I^t tire tinrs in tire autunrn wlren tlre acorng are ripe, ever^ one is bus^. d'Ke nrsn and larZer bo^s clinrb tlre trees, and, b^ tlre aid ol lonZ poles, deal tlre branckes, knocking oil tlre acorns, d'ks wonren and smaller clrildren Zatker tlrese in burden-baskets, and carr^ tlrenr to tlre village, storing tlrern in tlre granaries or in tlre lar^s storage-baskets in tire Ironses. d'Ke iirst step in tire preparation ol tire gatkered nuts is to remove tire slreii and dr^ tire meat. d'Kis, as weii as all otlrer labor in connection witlr tire preparation ol tlre acorn, is done b^ women onl^. d'lie acorns are usually cracked b^ means ol two stones, tire acorn being placed point down on one, and tire irutt-snd being struck several slrarp blows witlr tlre otlrer. d'Ke acorn is tkus cracked in kalves, and tke skell is tken separated lrom sack Kall b^ tke aid ol tke teetk. d'Ke split meats are tken spread in tke sun, wkere tke^ rapidly become drv. d'Ke preparation ol acorn-meal lrom tke dried nuts is carried on witlr or witkout a mortar or milling basket, ker-