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the greater part of the year. The roof furnishes a convenient place 

 for dmng squashes, melons, fruit, and, in the old days, cotton, 

 wliere the dogs and poultn,- can not disturl) them. Under its shade 

 the oUa of drinking water is set in a crotched post or is suspended 

 from above by a maguey fiber net. Here two parallel ropes may be 

 hung and a cloth folded back and forth upon itself across them, thus 

 forming an impromptu hammock in which to swing the baby. Here 

 the metate and mortar are usually seen, and here the women sit and 

 weave l)askets or perform such otiier labor as may be done at lionie. 

 It is the living room throughout the day the year aroimd, and now 

 that the fear of Apaches lias gone it is becoming the sleeping place 

 as well. From a hygienic point of view it is a great pity that the 

 Pimas are learning to build adobes, for the tendency is for them 

 to live indoors and to abandon the healthful arbors, every inch of 

 whose floors is purified by a burning sun that throws its sterilizing 

 rays well under the arbor during the morning and afternoon. Tuber- 

 culosis is present in nearly every family, and it is difficult, if not 

 impossible, for the agency physician to induce those stricken witli 

 it to remain out of doors; they invariably confine themselves within 

 the bacilli-laden dwellings. The arbor is kept well swept and clean, 

 as is the entire yard al)out the house, so that a more healthfid iiabi- 

 tation could not be devised. Occasionally one or more sides of it 

 maj^ be inclosed with arrowwood througii which the cool lireezes 

 readily iind tlicir way. 



Beside each dwelling will be found a rectangular storehouse built 

 with a framework of about the same shape and size as the arbor, 

 but witli walls of upright okatdla trunks or cactus ribs. The large 

 bush, Baccharis glutenosa, is often used for this purpose. It is .seen 

 in its natural state in plate xxi. b; also surrounding the imit figure 

 in plate xxxvi and forming the walls of the storehouse in plate 

 XXXV, /. Plate IX, 5, illustrates the okatilla, Fouquiera splendens, 

 as it grows on the mesas within 2 miles of Sacaton. Each stem is 

 crowned with a brilliant spray of scarlet flowers. Plate xxxv, d, 

 shows the framework of a storehouse at the right and the finished 

 wall of arrow bush in the center. Plate xxxv, e, is a complete store- 

 house with arrowwood bins for mescjuite beans on the roof. Some- 

 times mud or adobe is added to thewaUs, which renders the structure 

 equivalent to the Mexican jacal. The most noticeable feature is the 

 door, made by piling up a great heap of unwieldy logs before the 

 opening. 



While not to be dignified by the name of house or dweUing, the 

 Pima kitchen is an extremely practical aff'air, as wiU be reahzed by 

 anyone who attempts to cook on an open fire exposed to storms. 

 Plates VI, h, and xxxvi show the manner of arranging these wind- 

 breaks, for they are nothing more. In exposed situations the sand 



