[Illustration _c_: Strings of clamshell disk beads identifiable as the "chaines" of Fletcher.] PLATE 19 [Illustration: Pomo Indian feathered baskets decorated with clamshell disk beads and abalone shell pendants.] PLATE 20 [Illustration: Air photo of the east cape of Point Reyes. The white dot marks the point selected by George Davidson as the spot where Drake careened the _Golden Hinde_. The shore line of the bay follows the course of the curved arrow.] PLATE 21 [Illustration: Air photo of the small valley at Drake's Bay, showing the location (marked near center by white dot) where the Drake plate was found by William Caldeira in 1934.] * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscores_. Small caps have been replaced by ALL CAPS. Both "Bruno de Hezeta" and "Bruno Heceta" used in text. Both forms have been retained. Footnote numbers to the appendices are prefixed with "A-" for App. I or "B-" for App. II. Archaic spelling and punctuation retained in quoted texts, except for rejoining end-of-line hyphenations. Spelling of "betsowed" (page 284) and "cheife" (page 285) in quoted text retained as printed. Verso, "Mardh" changed to "March" (Issued March 20, 1947) Page 265 (footnote 67), a superfluous closing parenthesis was removed (169, 170, 181; Loeb,) Page 269 (footnote 84), a full stop has been changed to a comma (Pomo, element) Page 269 (footnote 85), "tto" changed to "to" (reference to the seeds) Page 270 (footnote 87), "Eth." changed to "Ethn." (and Ethn., Vol. VII) Page 270 (footnote 90), the note number is missing (element no. 807, p. 197, n.) Page 271, "native's" changed to "natives'" (the natives' actions) Page 273, a superfluous comma was removed (Miwok,[101] and) Page 275 (E. M. Loeb ... songs), a line break has been added to Line 2; the comma appears in the original Page 275 (Other Pomo songs...): Line 1, Both "U" and "u" at the beginning of the line have a macron over them. (U u hulai) Line 3, the word "o" has a macron above it. (gagoyá he he)