METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POTTERY AND BASKETS. 
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veloping it with a damp cloth, having wrapped the bill and feet as 
above stated. The former is preferable, as the latter does not re¬ 
lax all the parts equally. In some cases, however, especially with 
those of the aquatic families, it is necessary to prepare them after 
the latter plan, and in this condition to place them in the box des¬ 
cribed above. 
The general method pursued in mounting dried skins is the 
same as that practiced upon fresh specimens. Difficulty is often 
experienced in placing the leg wires in position from the dry and 
shrivelled condition of the tarsi; this may be overcome by per¬ 
forating them with the awl used for that purpose (recommended in 
the former article upon mammalia) previous to inserting the wires. 
With many of the skins of South American birds, prepared by the 
natives, a proper adjustment of the wings is found to be impossi¬ 
ble. In this case it is necessary to cut them off close to the body, 
and fix them anew. In replacing the wings the scapulars should 
be carefully arranged to effectually conceal the joining of the wings. 
Any feathers disarranged in the operation should be properly ad¬ 
justed with the small forceps.— To be continued. 
THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POTTFRY 
AND BASKETS AMONG THE INDIANS 
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
Pottery. 
Among the Kahweyahs (Cahuillos), who, unlike the former In¬ 
dians of the coast of California, make household utensils of 
burned clay instead of soapstone, I observed the following mode 
of manufacturing pottery. 
The clay of which their vessels are made is usually obtained 
from the creek bottoms, and is similar to that used by the Mexi¬ 
cans to make adobe, or sun-dried brick. It is a dark sticky humus 
with a light admixture of sand, or as is the case in the neighbor¬ 
hood of White Water river, the white, fine, dense clay which so 
effectually discolors the water of that river at the head of the 
