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'ri'lJOWlNlJ STICKS MASON. 



Mus(Mim. Tlic tlirowi'i- is U Icct ."> iiiclics loiin-, aiid li:is two rmc'cr- 

 ^ liolos piojcciiiiii-, one IVctiii llio lijilil 



/i 4 /\ iiiid (»ii<' IVom llic left side. In my 



l):i])i'r <»ii llu^ l']skiiii() stick no case 

 of two lin,!H(M--liol('s occnis, and tin' 

 oidy example in wiiicli a linjicv 

 hole prctjeets iVom llie side at all is 

 IVom Point r>arrow. Since tin' jud) 

 licalion, liowcNcr, anollier specimen 

 comes IVom Cook Inlet, In Dr. 

 St(»l])e's ])aper is the exact connt<'i' 

 pait of the r.ourke s])ecimen, only 

 tlie latter has no ornament- and is a 

 practical excry-day implement I'oi' 

 killing-ducks. The si)ear shall is 10 

 feel lonj;, <d" slender cane, and has a 

 hole at the after end for the hook 

 of the Ihrowinj^- stiidv'. The .yij^- con- 

 sists of three iron l»ail>s, for all the 

 world like those on the I"iSkimo I ri 

 deid for water fowl, 



Mr, Charles Il.licadrcad a paper 

 on the lOth of March, 1S«)1, before 

 the Aidhropoloiii<'al Institute. Lou 

 don. hein.uau account of a collection 

 of ethnological si)eciineus found 

 during' Vancouver's voya.u'e in the 

 Pacilic Ocean. Amonii' the illus- 

 trations (,I. Anthi'O]), Inst., \'ol, 

 XXI, IM. XI, Figs, 1, id) occurs the 

 ])icture of an aihitl, ~>l inches in 

 len-lh, the shortest of wliich we p,,-^ , r,tzcuaro 

 have any record. The description aiuU-siicMr. t\ s. 



1 " T,^ T, 1 . ,. ,,' Xnt.^liis., Cat. Ko. 



given by Mr. Head is as iollows: ,r,:,„oo. (('ai)t,.T.(;. 



" Spear-throAver of nioderatel.x' '•'>ini<'> i' s a.) 

 hard, light- colored wood, ])ierced with two lioles 

 for the first two tingers. The 

 hook is made of a piece of 

 bone, rudtdy shaped. The 

 whole seems to liave been 

 once covered Avitli red color, 

 now almost Morn away. 

 From the bone hook to the 

 Itrojection at the broad end k 

 oftlu' im])leinent is a shallow 



Xat.^Iu.s.,('at. No.irao'JO. 

 (Capt. .1. Ci. r.oniUi\ U. 

 S. A.) 



. Vamoiivtr (lirow 

 ■itick. l!rilisli Mu.si- 



(C. n. i;.-:.<i.) .1 



channel, as is usually lound. Amiirop. insi i.nn,i 



This would seem tolx' the 'Santa IJarbara throw ism. j,i. xi 



ing stick" of the MS, catalogue, botli IVom its similaiity in work to the 



