POISONED WEAPONS. 



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This poison differs from the Upas in the fact that it retains its 

 potency after very many years, if only kept dry. I have a 

 number of arrows poisoned with the Wourali. They were given 

 to me by the late Mr. Waterton, who procured them in 1812, 

 and even in the present year (1875) they are as deadly as when 

 they were first made. 



A bundle of these tiny arrows, surmounted by the little 

 wheel which is used to guard the hand from being pricked, is 

 seen next to the Bornean poison-flask. 



SERPEXT-FANG. BEE-STING. INJECTING 



SCORPION-STING. SYRINGE. 



KETTLE -STING. SPIDER-PANG. 



POISONED ARROWS 



AND 

 POISON-FLASK. 



Beside these little arrows, which are only about ten inches in 

 length, very much larger arrows are used both for war and 

 hunting, and are propelled by the bow, and not with the breath. 

 Many of these arrows are nearly six feet in length. In all, the 

 head is movable fitting quite loosely into a socket, so that 

 when an animal is struck and springs forward, the shaft is 

 shaken off, to be picked up by the hunter, and fitted with 

 another point, while the poisoned head remains in the wound. 



Another kind of poison, also of a vegetable origin, is used 

 by the Fan tribe. The arrows are mere little slips of bamboo, 

 and are propelled by a slight crossbow. But the poison is so 

 potent, that even these tiny weapons produce a fatal effect. 



Nearly in the centre of the illustration is seen a rather 

 curiously formed syringe, with an extremely long and slender 



