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called pahooas ; clubs, and slings. The spears are 

 of two sorts, and made of a hard solid wood, which 

 has much the appearance of mahogany. One sort is 

 from six to eight feet in length, finely polished, and 

 gradually increasing in thickness from the extremity 

 till within about half afoot of the point, which tapers 

 suddenly, and is furnished with four or six rows of 

 barbs. It is not improbable, that these might be 

 used in the way of darts. The other sort, with 

 which we saw the warriors at Owhyhee and Atooi 

 mostly armed, are twelve or fifteen feet long, and 

 instead of being barbed, terminate toward the point, 

 like their daggers. 



The dagger, or pahooa, is made of heavy black 

 wood, resembling ebony. Its length is from one to 

 two feet, with a string passing through the handle, 

 for the purpose of suspending it to the arm. 



The clubs are made indifferently of several sorts of 

 wood. They are of rude workmanship, and of a 

 variety of shapes and sizes. 



The slings have nothing singular about them ; and 

 in no respect differ from our common slings, except 

 that the stone is lodged on a piece of matting instead 

 of leather. 



