FISH-HOOKS. 



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FIG. 212 . 



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South Sea Axe of Ceremony, in my Collection. 



the middle, the 

 drill being no 

 other than the 

 first stone they 

 pick up that has 

 a sharp corner ; 

 this they fix into 

 the end of a piece 

 of bamboo, and 

 turn it between 

 the hands like a 

 chocolate mill ; 

 when the shell 

 is perforated and 

 the hole suffi- 

 ciently wide, a 

 small file of coral 

 is introduced, by 

 the application of 

 which the hook 

 is in a short time 

 completed, few 

 costing the arti- 

 ficer more time 

 than a quarter of 

 an hour. From 

 the bark of the 

 Poerou, a species 

 of Hibiscus, they 

 made ropes and 

 lines, from the 

 thickness of an 

 inch to the size 

 of a small pack- 

 thread ; with 

 these they make 



