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quantity and allowance of food which they gave them was a roll and a 
half. 
The ten points, x, signify ten years; y, a rollanda half; 2, the father 
of the boys; aa, the boy of 10 years old, whose father is correcting him 
with a stick; bb, the mother of the girl; cc, a roll and a half; dd, the 
girl of 10 years old, whose mother is correcting her with a stick. 
Pl. Lx1, here Pl. Xxxvil, is in three sections. 
The first section explains that when a boy of 11 years of age disre- 
garded verbal reproof, his parents obliged him to inhale smoke of axi 
through the nostrils, which was a cruel and severe punishment, that he 
might be sorry for such conduct and not turn out worthless and aban- 
doned, but on the contrary employ his time in profitable things. They 
gave boys of such an age bread, which consisted of rolls, only by 
allowance, that they might learn not to be gormandizers or gluttons. 
Girls received similar discipline. 
The eleven points, a, signify eleven years; b, a roll and a half; ¢, the 
father of the boys; d, the boy of 11 years of age, whose father is pun- 
ishing him by obliging him to inhale through the nostrils the smoke of 
dried axi; e, the smoke or vapor of axi; /, the mother of the girls; g, 
the girl of 11 years, whose mother is punishing her by making her 
breathe smoke of axi; h, a roll and a half; 7, the smoke of axi. 
The second section represents that when boys or girls of 12 years of 
age would not submit to the reproof or advice of their parents, the 
father took the boy and tied his hands and feet and laid him naked on 
the ground in some damp and wet place, in which situation he kept him 
for a whole day, in order that by this punishment he might amend and 
fear his displeasure. And the mother obliged the girl of the said age 
to work by night before break of day, employing her in sweeping the 
house and the street and continually occupying her in personal tasks. 
They gave them food likewise by allowance. 
The points, j, indicate twelve years; k, a roll and a half; l, the 
father of the boys; m, the boy of 12 years of age, stretched upon the 
wet ground, with his hands and feet tied, for a whole day; the paint- 
ing at n signifies the night; 0, the mother of the girls; p, a roll and a 
half; q, the girl of 12 years of age, who is employed by night in sweep- 
ing. 
The third section of this plate represents that boys and girls of 13 
years of age were occupied by their parents, the boys in fetching wood 
from the mountains and in bringing reed grass and other litter in 
canoes for the use of the house; and the girls in grinding meal and 
making bread, and preparing other articles of food for their parents. 
They gave the boys for their allowance of food two rolls each at each 
meal. . 
The father of the boys is represented at r; the points, s, indicate 
thirteen years; ¢, two rolls; uv, the boy of 13 years old, who brings a 
load of reed grass; v, the boy in a canoe, with bundles of canes; w, the 
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