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fathoms long and twenty meshes wide. The top of the net is pro- 

 vided with a cedar-bark line twisted of three cords forty-six fathoms 

 long. Carved floats made of dried red-cedar wood are attached to 

 the top line. There is no bottom line (159). 



Occupations of Various Tribes. — On 274 a list is given of products 

 that various tribes have to furnish for a potlatch, indicating the lines 

 of their activities. The Git-la'n make carved wooden dishes; the 

 Ginax'angl'°k, carved wooden boxes; the G'i-spa-x-la'°ts, carved 

 wooden spoons; the Gid-wul-ga'dz, deep, carved wooden dishes; the 

 Git-dzi'°s, carved horn spoons; the Ginada'°xs prepare dried moun- 

 tain-goat meat and tallow; the Gi-lu-dza'r preserve cranberries and 

 crabapples mixed with grease; the Gid-wul-ksE-ba' make cakes of 

 hemlock sap; the Gits !ala'sEr dry blueberries and soapberries, and 

 prepare cranberries mixed with grease; the Gits lEmga'lon make 

 mats and dry salmon; the Git-qxa'la shred bark of the red cedar, 

 and have eagle down and tobacco; the G'it-q!a'°da make blankets of 

 yellow cedar and prepare burnt clamshells. 



Dress and Ornament 



Only few parts of the dress and few ornaments are described. 

 Blankets were worn. Rich people wore sea-otter and marten 

 blankets (193, 26G). In one place a blanket of weasel skins set with 

 abalone shell is mentioned (N 199). In ceremonies dancing-blankets 

 woven of mountain-goat wool were used (265). Elk skins are men- 

 tioned very often as valuable property (266), but their use as gar- 

 ments is nowhere described. The woman's apron is described 1 (140). 



A man who goes out fishing wears a valuable hat (2G0). Men 

 wore their hair in a top-knot (N 234), while that of the women was 

 worn in two braids ornamented with white shells (181). 



Among the ornaments, we hear about copper bracelets (1.151), ear- 

 ornaments of abalone shell and whale teeth (72, 1.195), ear-ornaments 

 made of bone (178) and wool (109, 160), nose-ornaments made of 

 bone (178), and labrets (299, 303). 



Fishing, Hunting, and Food-Gathering 



Seasons and Months. — The year is divided into four seasons (115) — 

 spring, summer, autumn, and winter. There are twelve months, 

 named as follows: 



Between October and November, " Falling-Leaf Month." 

 Between November and December, "Taboo Month." 

 Between December and January, "The Intervening Month." 

 Between January and February, " Spring-Salmon Month." 



i In a note it. is said at this point that men as well as women used to wear a small piece of leather as an 

 apron. Soft leather of good quality, of the width of the palm of the hand, was used. The ends were fas- 

 tened to a belt in front and behind. No shirts or trousers were worn. 



