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bly more than a coincidence that it is the same circuit which 

 the snake and antelope priests take when they move about the 

 place, and where the latter cany the snakes in their mouths. 

 It is generally the same circuit adopted by some of the Kat- 

 chi-nas when they turn in the dances, viz : opposite the motion 

 of the hands of a watch. 1 



It is not possible in a short notice to develop the idea of a 

 fixed ceremonial circuit which is rarely violated. To do so as 

 I would wish, necessitates long descriptions of ceremonies, the 

 names even of which are new to ethnological students. It is 

 possible hereto hardly do more than make the barest state- 

 ments, which will later be substantiated when the ceremonial 

 events are minutely described. The custom of entering and 

 leaving a kib-va, or of pa>sing the lire-place on a certain side 

 is but one illustration of a law which finds expression through- 

 out all the religious customs, secret and public, of the Tusayan 

 Indians. It would be interesting to see whether other Ameri- 

 can races have the same ceremonial circuit of the cardinal 

 points. My reading has shown me that in some instances they 



