486 ABBOTT COLLECTION FROM ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 



jungle, dragging the shaft behind it; unci as the latter is made fast to 

 the lanyard at some distance from the end, it trails at an angle and is 

 soon caught in the bushes, holding the wounded animal until the hunter 

 comes to dispatch it. 



TURTLE HARPOONS. 



A turtle harpoon line made of the bark fiber of Melochia arborea, 

 with the barbed iron point attached, is shown on PI. Ill, tig. is. The 

 point is set in a sort of conical plug, which tits tightly into a socket 

 at the end of a bamboo shaft, often 18 feet or more in length. When 

 a turtle or large fish is struck the shaft becomes detached, and is 

 picked up after the animal has been captured. 



CANOES. 



Both outrigger canoes and simple dugouts are used by the Anda- 

 manese. They are propelled by paddles, or, in shallow water, by poles 

 or the shaft of a turtle harpoon. A narrow projecting bow is con- 

 sidered bv them to be a great advantage for throwing the harpoon in 

 turtle fishing. The anchor is merely a large stone or lump of corral, 

 the cable a rope of the same fiber as the harpoon line. 



For the social life of the Andamanese, their marriage customs, 

 ceremonies, etc., the reader is referred to the work of Mr. E. H. 

 Man, from which much of the foregoing information has been obtained. 



