MURDOCH.] 



HARPOON HOXKS. 



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knot in the end of each string- They then pass through three corre 

 sponding holes in the bottom of the cavity, leaving outside of the back 

 two ends 7 inches and one 15 long, which are tied together. The cover 

 can be lifted wholly oft and then drawn back into its place by pulling 

 the string. 



Flo. 251. lioxcs for harpoon heads. 



We collected seven such whale-harpoon boxes, usually about to 9 

 inches long. Nearly all have bits of crystal, amber, or pyrite, inlaid 

 for the eyes and in the middle, of the back, and the cover is generally 

 rigged in the way described. No. 56502 [198], from Utkiavwln, is a 



