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bined' with arrow-point. Whether this is the track of the 

 animal, or refers to some part of it, or a marking, could not be 

 discovered. Strongly resembling some of the Maidu designs 

 is that known as "fish-tail," shown in Fig. 5, the larger 

 terminal triangle being apparently the characteristic feature. 

 The sharp zigzags in Fig. 6 represent a bent knee. Of much 

 greater frequency , it seems, is the design shown on Plate XIX , 

 Figs. 1-4. Of these, Figs. 1,2, are declared to be the lizard,, 

 or lizard-foot, in Fig. 2 in combination with the diamond. 

 The characteristic motive of this design appears again in Fig. 

 3, here, however, explained as the eye. It seems probable, 

 however, that the central portion only of the figure is the eye,, 

 and that the border is again the lizard. In Fig. 4 the design 

 (the same as that in Fig. i ) is declared to be the quail. About 

 the rim of this basket we have the hill, or, as otherwise ex 

 plained, the bear's foot. This alternates with the mussel's- 

 tongue, seen here to the extreme right. Below the lizard or 

 quail design is another, in a series of points, about the very 

 bottom, this being known as the "meadow-lark's neck,"" 

 being a representation of the collar, or V-shaped mark, on 

 the throat of the bird in question. 



Suggesting somewhat the similarly named Maidu design 

 is the flying-geese pattern shown in Figs. 5, 6. The design is 

 simpler than the Maidu form, but, at least in Fig. 5, suggests 

 fairly well the appearance of geese in flight. Plate XX, Fig. 

 i, is also, probably, the same design, to which has been added 

 the pine-cone. The design in Fig. 2 is one of the few which are 

 representative of plants, this being said to be bushes or brush 

 of any kind. The only other plant, design is the pine-cone 

 already alluded to, shown in Fig. i and on Plate XVIII, Fig. 3. 



2. Designs representing Natural or Artificial Objects. On. 

 Plate XX, Figs. 3, 4, 6, we have what is called "intestines," 

 or more specifically given sometimes as "deer-gut." There 

 seem to be two slightly different forms of this design, although 

 the continuous bent line seems to be the fundamental feature. 

 Figs. 3, 6, are said to be combinations of the deer-gut with 

 the arrow-point. Somewhat similar, superficially, is the deer- 

 rib shown in Fig. 5 , here said to be combined with the arrow- 



