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movement of the body. In one corner were a number 

 of Dyak clubs ; one a most formidable weapon made 

 from the lower part of the stem of a. small tree, with 

 the roots trimmed off in such a manner that the stumps 

 formed a radiating mass of sharp spikes, calculated to 

 lacerate the flesh of a foe in the most terrible manner. 

 Close by was a most elaborately carved " toko-toko," or 

 walking-stick, from New Zealand. Then there were 

 two formidable Macquarri whips, used in that singular 

 dance in which each performer presents his leg in turn 

 to be gashed by a blow from the other. There was 

 a Patagonian " bolas," or three-ball lasso, just as it had 

 last been used by the native hunter ; quite a quantity 

 of tomahawks ; and several of the strange wooden 

 swords, set on either edge with almost innumerable 

 sharks' teeth, for the manufacture of which the inhabi- 

 tants of the Kingsmill Islands were formerly famous. 

 A small cabinet contained a variety of poisons and 

 poisoned arrows, including a vessel of the famous 

 Wourali, and a roll of arrows presented by Charles 

 Waterton himself, the first traveller who succeeded in 

 bringing the poison home to England. In the same 

 cabinet was the stuffed skin of a hedgehog which had 

 fallen victim to a prick from one of the arrows ; strong 

 testimony to the potency of the venom, as hedgehogs 

 have little objection to arsenic, strychnine, and prussic 

 acid, receive the bite of the viper with perfect equanimity, 

 and are practically poison-proof. In every odd corner 

 were hung ornamented gourds, daggers, bead necklaces, 

 bracelets, anklets, aprons, and small ornaments far too 



