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Hazvaiiaii Nrfs and Nc/fiiip-. 



There are four long clumsy shuttles made of pine in the Museum's collections, 

 used by natives, averaging about 13 inches long. The shafts of these are rounded, 

 and the points of the eyes thick and square. In each, 2.5 in. from an end, is inlaid a 

 small piece of lead. They are certainly not Hawaiian, and the locality of their origin 

 is not at present known to the writer. 



Doubt has also arisen concerning the origin of some of the gauges, for the native 

 mesh stick was ver}' thin, seldom or never thicker than one-tenth of an inch, and No. 

 3917 (Fig. loi) is over .3 in. thick. However, the chara(5leristics of Hawaiian mesh 

 sticks are not strong enough for full}- satisfaftory identification. Specimen No. 3915 

 was at one time 4.8 in. longer, and from the end of it No. 3916 has been sawn or cut 

 off, as certain marks on the two specimens testif}-, and used separatelj-. Probably 

 No. ^919 came from the same source. The total length of the original specimen, 

 12 inches, must have made a very awkward gauge for use. 



The following is a list of Hawaiian netting tools in the Museum: — 



Gauges. — Haha. 



185. Tortoise shell. Length 4.2, width .98 inches. - 



3915. Whale rib. Length 7.2, width 2.1 in. 



3916. Whale rib. Length 4.8, width .8 to i.i in. 



3917. Whale rib. Length 6.2, width 1.3 in. Ver}^ thick. 



3918. Bone, human(? ). Length 3.6, width .9 in. Rather thick, edges lightly and 



evenly serrated. 



3919. Whale rib. Length 4.5, width .6 in. 



3920. Banibu. Length 4.2, width .6 in. 



3921. Tortoise shell. Length 3.5, width 1.2 to 1.3 in. 



3922. Tortoise shell. Length 6.8, width .85 in. 



4519. Tortoise shell. Length 3.8, width 2.9 in. 



6795. Naio(?) wood (Alvoponiii/ sa)idi<iceiise). Length 5.5, width i.i to 1.3 in. 



9033. Tortoise shell. Length 2.9, width .5 in. 



9034. Tortoise shell. Length 4.3, width .88 to .98 in. 



9035. Tortoise shell. Length 4.2, width 1.2 in. 

 L 183. Tortoise shell. Lengtli 3.2, width i in. 



L 184. Tortoise shell. Length 3.4, width 1.25 in. 



Shuttles. — Hia. 



176. Walrus tusk. Length 8.8 in. Originally Eskimo. 



4470. Whale rib. Length 5.8 in. 



4471. Whale rib. Length 5.6 in. Very narrow. 



4520. Kauila wood {AlpJiitonia cxrclsa). Length 10 in. 



4521. Kauila wood. Length 6.3 in. 



4522. Bambu. Length 8.2 in. 



