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HUNTING AND FISHING. 



Since only a few domesticated animals 

 and fowls are found in a settlement, the 

 greater part of the meat supply is secured 

 by hunting and fishing. 



Deer and wild pig are taken by means of 

 spears. The hunter either lies in wait near 

 the runways of the game, or the animals 

 are driven toward the spot where the hunts- 

 men are concealed. For this purpose the 

 ordinary lance (Figs. 15a, b and c) is often 

 used, but a more effective weapon is the 

 spear known as kaldwat (Fig. I5d). In this 

 the metal head fits loosely into a long shaft 

 to which it is attached by a rope. As soon 

 as the weapon enters the body of the animal 

 the head pulls out of the shaft, and this 

 trails behind until it becomes entangled in 

 the undergrowth, thus putting the game at 

 the mercy of the hunter. Dead falls and 

 pits are put in the runways, and a frightened 

 animal is sometimes impaled on concealed 

 sharpened bamboo sticks. Less frequently, 

 large animals are secured by means of rope 

 loops which hang from trees past which the 

 game is accustomed to pass. Until recent 

 years the balatik, a trap which when sprung 

 throws an arrow with great force against the 

 animal which releases it, was much used, 

 but so many domestic animals have been 

 killed by it that this sort of trap is now in 

 disfavor. 



Wild chickens are captured by means 

 of snares (Fig. 16). A tame rooster 



FIG. 15. 



SPEARS USED IN FIGHTING 



AND HUNTING. 



FIG. 16. 

 CHICKEN SNARE AND CARRYING CASE. 



