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4. Domestic life, courtship, marriage customs, etiquette, bashfulness,. pregnancy, 
children, position of women, catamenia, widows and widowers, rights of parents, 
ersonal habits, politeness, meals, etc. 
5. Visiting customs. 
6. Industrial occupations, hunting, fishing, agriculture, food, clothing, etc. 
7. Defensive and offensive warfare. 
8. Games, societies, corporations, etc. 
9. The government and religion. 
10. Law. 
Mr. Holmes’ article treats of prehistoric textile fabrics in the 
United States, derived from impressions on pottery. The pro- 
cess of Mr. Holmes is most ingenious. e takes a cast of the 
up in the ground, as any one may see who will visit the basket 
_ makers in Queen Charlotte archipelago. : 
_ Group five may represent four-ply braiding, but it is just as 
likely to belong to group two, although the Tlinkits understand 
four-ply braiding. 
e may be allowed a word as to the spread of textile industry 
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at present among the North Americans in its relation to Mr. 
Holmes’ paper. Types one and four are practiced by all Indians | 
If Mr es 
Athapascan, Californian, Pueblo, Apache, Navajo, Yuma 
Pima tribes. Mr. Homes’ twined ware, groups two and three, is 
made now by the Winnebagos east of the Rockies, and by the 
Eskimo, Tlinkit, Haida and Chimsyan tribes as well as by those 
of \ ashington Territory, Oregon, Northern California, and by 
the Shoshonis and Pueblo tribes. It is not now known among 
any of the tribes who have of late been identified with the oe 
mound-builders. ; ; 
The illustrated catalogues at the end of the volume are ex- 
tremely useful to the student. The practice of printing a great 
mass ny “A 
