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Fishing arrows, however, are different from those used in fighting. The shaft of the former 

 is a piece of bamboo, 26 varying in length from 1.2 to 1.5 meters and in maximum diameter from 

 7 to 12.5 millimeters. 



The head is a 2-pronged piece of iron or steel about 17 centimeters long, with barbs on 

 the inner side of each prong, equidistant from the extremity and facing each other. These two 

 prongs unite to form a solid neck that runs into the natural hole in the shaft, a ferrule of brass, 

 or more frequently a winding of rattan coated with tabon-tdbon seed pulp, serving to prevent the 

 splitting of the frail bamboo tube. The. head is attached to the shaft by a substantial string of 

 abakd fiber, about 1.5 meters long, which is wound about the shaft, but which is unwound by 

 the fish in its frantic efforts to escape, leaving him with the arrowhead in his body, and with 

 the shaft breaking the water and indicating to the fisherman the whereabouts of his victim. On 

 the far upper Agiisan the arrowhead is not of the 2-pronged type but is a thin, laminated steel 

 point that expands gradually to form the two lateral barbs. It is of Mandaya manufacture and 

 origin. 



THE FISH SPEAR 



The fish spear, 27 except on the far upper Agiisan, consists of a long bamboo shaft from 1.5 

 to 2.25 meters in length with a heavy 3-pronged barbed \ead set into a node at its larger 

 end and with strengthening girdles of rattan strips serving to reinforce it. The iron head is of 

 Bisayaor of Christian Manobo workmanship. On the upper Agiisan the head is 2-pronged and 

 the shaft is frequently somewhat longer than that of the spear used on the lower river. In other 

 respects it is identical. 



FISHHOOKS 



Large hooks are much more commonly used than small ones. Both are made out of either 

 brass wire or of iron, the latter often from the handle of a kerosene can, and in general they resem- 

 ble ordinary fishhooks such as are made in civilized countries. The method of using the hook 

 has been described already under "Fishing." 



For crocodiles a peculiar hook is used. It consists of a piece of palma brava sharpened at 

 one end, and provided with a spur projecting backward at an angle of about 30°. To this piece 

 of wood is attached a stout rope of abaJcd fiber, which in its turn is tied to a piece of stout bamboo 

 about 1.8 meters long. The bamboo is then set firmly in the ground, and the bait is allowed 

 to hang within about 60 centimeters of the water. The hungry crocodile, lured by the odor, 

 springs at the bait, and gets the hook between his jaws. It is seldom that by dint of frantic 

 pulling and wriggling he does not free the bamboo and rush off to one of his favorite haimts, 

 where, by the presence of the bamboo float above him, he is discovered and dispatched. 



HUNTING IMPLEMENTS 



THE SPEAR 



The chief weapon used in the chase is the spear. It consists- of a stout, wooden shaft 

 between 2.1 and 2.4 meters long, which is set into the hollow conical socket of a spearhead. 

 The blade in geueral appearance resembles the more serious weapon of war, but it is only about 

 10 or 12 centimeters long and makes no pretense to beauty, being fashioned solely for utilitarian 

 purposes. As a necessary accessory to the spear the inseparable bolo is carried. 



THE BOW AND ARROW 



In the chapter on hunting reference has been made already to the hunting bow and arrow. 

 It is an ordinary bow, but the arrow differs in not being feathered and finished like the arrow 

 intended for human game. 



A very effective and easily made arrow consists of a piece of bamboo about 85 centimeters 

 long and 3 to 4 millimeters in diameter, with a sharp tapering point. In lieu of feathering, four 



» Of the variety called la-hi or da-ga-tt'. » Si-pang. 



