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the method of attaching the horizontal tie-pieces. The construction of 
these inelosures is frail, and the danger of pushing the stakes over by 
pressure from within is guarded against by employing forked braces 
that abut against horizontal pieces tied on 4 or 5 feet from the ground. 
Reference to Pl. LXxtv will illustrate this construction. 
Fia. 109. Construction of a Zuni corral. 
Within the village of Zuni inclosures resembling miniature corrals 
are sometimes seen built against the houses; these are used as cages 
for eagles. A number of these birds are kept in Zuni for the sake of 
their plumage, which is highly valued for ceremonial purposes. Pl. Ox 
illustrates one of these coops, constructed partly with a thin adobe wall 
and partly with stakes arranged like those of the corrals. 
In both of the pueblo groups under discussion small gardens contigu- 
ous to the villages are frequent. Those of Tusayan are walled in with 
stone. 
Within the pueblo of Zuni a small group of garden patches is inclosed 
by stake fences, but the majority of the gardens in the vicinity of the 
