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the centre of the % by the double strand of the woof, as is well shown 

 in the figure. 



Fig\ 5 of the same plate is a small piece of a net made of a fine-twisted 

 fibre, very likely of the Yucca ; and Fig. 6 is a piece of a similar net from 

 another grave, both at Dos Pueblos. The illustrations are such perfect 

 representations of these specimens that further description is unnecessary, 

 and I will simply call attention to the resemblance which these fragments 

 of nets have to the fishing-nets from the ancient graves at Ancon, in Peru, 

 and also to those from the remains of the Swiss lake-dwellers ; the mesh- 

 knot in all being the same. 



Fig. 1 of the plate represents a fragment of what I take to be a coarse 

 cloth made on a hand-loom. Its condition is such as to make it impossible 

 to determine the fibre, though it is probably that of the Yucca. That this 

 piece of cloth was made after contact with the Europeans is evident from 

 the fact that a small bead of blue glass is woven in the cloth, as shown on 

 the left of the figure. 



Among- the fragments from the graves at Dos Pueblos are two bits of 

 twine, probably of twisted Fwcca-fibre, which are formed by evenly braid- 

 ing four strands, and not simply by twisting, as noticed in the case of the 

 rope made of eel-grass. It is also of interest to note that the fragments of 

 net from Dos Pueblos are in close contact with a mass of fur, as shown in 

 Fig. 6, as if the net had been lined with the skin of some animal. 



Figs. 7-10 of the plate are taken from portions of a utensil evidently 

 made for holding liquids. There are other parts of the same vessel, 

 found in a grave at Dos Pueblos. The various portions of this utensil 

 show it to have been a bottle-shaped basket made of grass and reeds, and 

 covered inside and out with asphaltum. Fig. 7 shows a piece with the 

 asphaltum still in place on a portion of the outside, while on the left of 

 the figure the impression of the basket-work lying- between the two coats 

 of asphaltum can be seen. In Figs. 8 and 10 the asphaltum has been 

 broken away from the outside, leaving the remains of the charred basket- 

 work. Fig. 10 is a piece of the curved bottom of the bottle; its base is at 

 the right of the figmre. In Fig. 9 is shown a portion of the asphaltum. 

 The surface represented was in contact with the inside of the basket. 



