38 THORNHILL'S INDIAN KNIFE. 



Last, but by no means least in importance, 

 comes the knife, of which an engraving is given 

 on the opposite page, and which, in addition to 

 the ordinary blades, contains a powerful screw- 

 driver, a saw about eight inches in length, 

 pricker, corkscrew, hoof-picker, tweezers and 

 lancet in one, a pair of scissors of the full length 

 of the knife, and a couple of stout steel screws, 

 with nuts, for mending a broken stirrup leather 

 or any similar fracture. 



All implements have rings attached, so as to 

 enable them to be fastened with small cords to 

 the belts. 



Every sportsman ought to provide 

 Spears. 



himself with a few spear-heads, which 



can at any time be affixed to a bamboo with 

 "shellac cement" The best shapes for boar- 

 spears are those called after the celebrated Indian 

 Pig-sticking Clubs, "The Nugger" and "The 

 Deccan" Hunts. 



