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'779- made of a hard folid wood, which has much the appear- 



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* „ — ; ance of mahogany. One fort is from fix to eight feet in 



length, finely polifhed, and gradually increafing in thicknefs 

 from the extremity till within about half a foot of the point, 

 which tapers fuddenly, and is furnifhed with four or fix 

 rows of barbs. It is not improbable, that thefe might be 

 ufed in the way of darts. The other fort, with which we 

 faw the warriors at Owhyhee and Atooi moflly armed, are 

 twelve or fifteen feet long, and, inflead of being barbed, 

 terminate toward ihe point, like their daggers. 



The dagger, or pahooa, is made of heavy black wood, re. 

 fembling ebony. Its length is from one to two feet, with 

 a firing pafling through the handle, for the purpofe of fuf- 

 pending it to the arm. For its fhape, I mud refer the reader 

 to figure 6, in Plate LXVII. 



The clubs are made indifferently of feveral forts of wood. 

 They are of rude workmanfhip, and of a variety of fhapes 

 and (izes. 



The flings have nothing fingular about them ; and in no 

 refpect differ from our common flings, except that the flone 

 is lodged on a piece of matting inflead of leather. 



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