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bladder and line belonging to the kayak. Between these two 

 extremes the other weapons arrange themselves according to 

 the operations for which they are intended. 



COMPONENT PARTS OF THE CHIEF IMPLEMENTS OF 

 CHASE. In endeavouring to explain the construction and use 

 of the weapons and tools, we must refer to the immediate ob- 

 jects for which they are intended: 



a) the weapon has to be thrown (a missile); 



b) to be wielded or employed with the hand; 



c) it has to be immediately withdrawn from the wounded 

 animal; 



d) its point has to be furnished with barbs to make it stick 

 in the wound; 



e) the shaft has to be immediately loosened from the head, 

 but remain attached to it by a strap; 



f ) the shaft is to be wholly detached from the sticking 

 head, while a long line still remains fastened to the latter, 



g) the other end of the line or thong (f) has to be fastened 

 to an inflated bladder which hinders the animal in trying to 

 escape; 



h) the hunter himself has to hold or secure the other end 

 of te line (g); 



i) a smaller bladder has to be fixed on the shaft of the 

 missile; 



k) the upper or foremost part (foreshaft) of the shaft has 

 to be fitted with a joint so as to bend with the motions of the 

 animal; the length of the whole shaft will thus be shortened 

 so as to free the point (h,g), that is kept tightly pressed over 

 its head by the thong; 



1) the missile to be thrown has to be generally kept resting 

 in an implement, the throwing stick", that remains in the hand 

 of the hunter; 



m) if the weapon at the same time is intended for the 



