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similar purpose. Though the chief implements are now those 

 made of iron, shell-adzes have not entirely gone out of use, as 

 already stated, probably because the latter implements are prefer- 

 able for the kinds of work not requiring particularly sharp instru- 

 ments, but freedom from rust. 



IL Weapons. 



1. Spears. — Of all the weapons spears and clubs are certainly 

 the most simple ones. The natives of Truk use wooden spears, 

 which have no heads of steel or bone but are sharpened at one 

 end. The shafts are made of a variety of mangrove and are 

 2*90 m. long. In war the natives are said to have attacked the 

 enemy with spears, two in each hand. Previous to 

 fighting, each side vilified the other, and their ani- 

 mosity is said to have culminated in a deadly 

 charge. Spears were formerly used in other islands 

 also. 



2. Clubs. — The Pingelap settlers in Ponapé use 

 clubs made of hard wood, from 1*20 to 1"50 m. 

 long. The head, some 67 cm. long and some 7'5 cm. 

 wide, is like that of a halberd, and has six 

 notches on either edge (Fig. 31, b and c). The 

 natives of Truk employ the same clubs called 

 chamoyu, which means "that which breaks the fore- 

 head." Similar clubs are used by the natives of 

 Samoa. In Truk there is a simple kind of club 

 which consists of a sharpened shaft measuring 80 cm. 



in length (Fig. 31, a). ^.^ si.-ciubs 



3. Slings.— The natives of Truk and Ponapé ^«'"^ ^mk (a) 



and Ponapé (5 



practise stone -throwing by moans of slings. The and c). 



