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designs on the two baskets on Plate XXXII are not explained, 

 but seem to be combinations of red mountains and zigzags, 

 with the usual meshes in a fishnet about the rim. 



The large baskets used for storage, etc., show essentially 

 the same designs. On Plate XXXIII, Fig. i, we have the 

 familiar red mountains and zigzag designs arranged in spirals. 

 These occur again in Fig. 2, with the addition, probably, 

 of arrow-points. The red mountains are also the dominant 

 motive in Figs. 3, 4; the latter having again the zigzag, and 

 presumably the arrow-point. All four of these baskets seem 

 to have the meshes in a fishnet about the rim. Several 

 designs, arranged in horizontal bands instead of spirals, 

 are shown on Plate XXXIV, Figs. 1,2. Fig. i has about the 

 rim the meshes in a fishnet, and then, in succession, buckeye- 

 trees, zigzag, red mountains, red mountains, crow's tracks. 

 In Fig. 2, a very large basket, the designs are much the same, 

 and occur in about the same order; viz., meshes in a fishnet, 

 an unknown pattern, buckeye-tree, zigzag, red mountains, red 

 mountains. Returning again to the spiral arrangement in 

 Fig. 3, we find crossing tracks, zigzag, and red mountains, 

 with the usual rim design. The meaning of the interlacing 

 diamond figures is not given. 



Two other large baskets of this same type are figured on 

 / Plate XXXV. Fig. i has the usual rim design followed by 



zigzag, red mountains, crow's tracks, and meshes in a fishnet. 

 In Fig. 2 we have a striking treatment of the zigzag; the 

 break in the design, known as the " dau," being filled with an 

 other figure. The plaque-baskets again present the same 

 designs. On Plate XXXVI, Fig. i, we see the arrow-point. 

 ^ f /In Fig. 2 we have, perhaps, the crossing tracks, strongly sug 

 gestive, however, of the empty spool among the Win tun, and 

 the pine-cone among the Pit Rivers. Several varieties of the 

 zigzag are shown in Fig. 4, apparently; and in Fig. 3 we find 

 a simple treatment of the quail- tip once more. 



From the preceding description of some of the designs in 

 use among Indians of this stock, several general conclusions 

 seem warranted. Variation in the designs is more or less 

 noticeable, the zigzag having apparently the greatest number 



