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Pig. 4, and also the earthworm. A pair of tongs is said to 

 oe represented in Fig. 3 (Butte County), the allusion being 

 to the split sticks used for removing heated stones from the 

 fire in order to put them in the acorn-soup, for the purpose 

 of cooking it. In Fig. 4 (El Dorado County) we have a repre 

 sentation of beads, while the somewhat similar design on a 

 basket of much coarser make (Fig. 5, El Dorado County) is 

 said to be a trail or path. 



This completes the list of designs known with any certainty ; 

 but the following designs, although for the most part unex 

 plained, are given, in order to have as large a collection as 

 possible for comparison. 



On Plate XVI are one or two, the meaning of which is still 

 a mystery. Fig. i (El Dorado County) may be either a hornet 

 or a tree. Fig. 2 (Nevada County) is completely unknown. 

 Fig. 3 (Butte County) is identical with the fern of Plate VIII, 

 Fig. 2, with the addition of the small triangles. Fig. 4 (Plu- 

 mas County) is' probably feather and arrow-point, although, 

 in the absence of definite statement to that effect, this identifi 

 cation must be regarded as only provisional. Plate XVII 

 also shows a number of designs the meaning of which is 

 unknown or uncertain. Figs, i, 2 (El Dorado County), are 

 probably partly finished water- snakes, while Fig. 3 (El Dorado 

 County) is apparently the feather (?), but very roughly 

 made. The significance of Figs. 4 (Placer County), 5 (Plumas 

 County), 6 (El Dorado County), is completely unknown, the 

 last strongly suggesting a more southern origin, perhaps, 

 with Fig. 3, in the Moquelumnian area. The curious and 

 intricate design appearing in Fig. 7 (Butte County) seems to 

 have arrow-points about the rim; but the main design is 

 entirely unexplained, inquiries failing to elicit any information 

 in regard to it. Fig. 8 (Plumas County) is of interest, for, 

 although unexplained, it seems to show the deer-gut design 

 so common among the Pit Rivers, and to be another case of 

 borrowing or copying a design from some other stock. 



Having now described and considered in some detail the 

 various designs in use among the Maidu stock, there remain 

 several more general considerations suggested by the study 



