PUNT 



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PUP1ENUS 



Punting. 1. Position for taking stroke, in racing pant. 2. Putting in the pole. 3. Beginning of stroke. 4. Middle, and, 



5, finish of stroke. 6. Recovering the pole 



against the bed of the river ; in the 

 latter, a more or less stationary posi- 

 tion is maintained. The pole should 

 be put in the water well in front of 

 the operator, and care is required 

 in gathering it for the next stroke. 



Punt OR PUONI. Ancient name 

 of a region southward of Egypt. 

 Perhaps the biblical Put (Gen. 10), 

 it is especially identifiable with 

 the Somali coast. It was a chief 

 source of incense, ivory, skins, 

 ebony, ostrich feathers, and gold, 

 and the predynastic overland trade 

 developed into Red Sea voyages, 

 inaugurated by Sahura, Vth dyn- 

 asty. Of Queen Hatshepsut's ex- 

 pedition, about 1500 B.C., there are 

 graphic sculptured reliefs at Deir 

 el-Bahri. See Pile-dwellings. 



insect are developed. In a true 

 pupa, the ani- 

 mal is quies- 



passing through the strait, it is a undergoes great changes, and the 

 distributing centre for S. Patagonia/ , features of the imago or perfect 

 and the Falkland Islands, and is a' 

 wireless telegraphy station. In the 

 vicinity are coal, copper, and gold 

 mines. Considerable quantities of 

 timber, wool, hides, frozen meat.and 

 tallow are exported. Pop. 12,000. 



Punta Arenas. Seaport town 

 of Costa Rica, capital of the dept. 

 of Punta Arenas. It stands on the E. 

 coast of the sheltered Gulf of 

 Nicoya, and is the Pacific terminus 

 of the transcontinental rly. from 

 Limon. It has a good harbour, and 

 carries on a considerable trade in 

 coffee and rubber. Pop. 4,700. 



Punt Gun. Gun used in a punt 

 for wild-duck shooting. The gun 

 is sometimes made to turn on a 



rran^^^ooanst Swivel Or pivot 



attached to the 

 barrel ; or a gun 

 with a stock is 

 supported on a 

 crutch. The muz- 

 zle-loading types 



are the cheaper, 

 Punt Gun, used for duck shooting b u fc breech-loaders 



Arenas (Span., Sandy are handier, and generally pre- 



Punta 



Point). Seaport town of Chile, 

 capital of Magal lanes territory. It 

 stands on the E. coast of Bruns- 

 wick peninsula, in the Strait of 

 Magellan, and is the most south- 

 erly town in the world. A coaling 

 station and a port of call for ships 



ferred. They are both single and 

 double barrelled. 



Pupa (Lat., doll). Chrysalis or 

 resting stage in the life history of 

 those insects which undergo a 

 complete metamorphosis. During 

 this stage the larval organism 



Pupa of, 1, Cam- 

 berwell Beauty 

 butterfly; 2, 

 Death's Head 

 moth 



cent ; in those cases where it is 

 more or less active it is called a 

 nymph. See Insect. 



Pupienus Maxinius, MARCUS 

 CLODIUS. Roman emperor, AD. 238. 

 When the tyrant emperor Maxi- 

 minus had been declared a public 

 enemy by the senate, Pupienus 

 was called to the throne, together 

 with Balbinus (q.v.) as joint ruler. 

 Pupienus took the field against 

 Maximinus, whose army surren- 

 dered to him, Maximinus himself 

 being killed by his own soldiers. 



