Greeulaiidio ((f/iUifinl: is still in use. Imt was always a].).!]. 



bone harpoon heads, which are, how<'vci'. ,,y the t(ii;i;l.' li 



(described below). It seems as if the i'oint r.airow nati 



^^^ ffott.-n all about tUr a'k,|li;,uk ex..,.|.t , 



^^^^^.^-^,£.^,^1 haipoon with a Ikiiic iicnd Inr takiii- sr 



Fio.2i)-j -x../.d,turUa.uur ^'^ I'oi'it Barrow. That it was used in :i 

 ""•" is shown l)y our tindinj;- in one of the 1 1 



in Utkiavwlu a very old broken nozzle foi' intlatniji one nf 

 Fig. 202, Xo;.S!t72() [Tofil, is this specimen, which was picked 

 Herendeen. This is a rounded 

 tube of fossil ivory, 1-3 inches 

 long and about one-half inch 

 in diameter, slightly contract- 

 ed toward one end and then 

 expanded into a stout collar. 

 At the other is a stout longi 

 tudinal tiange, three -fourths j' 

 inch long, perforated with an 

 oblong sl(.t. I'.ctween the 

 tiange and the collar the sur- 

 face is roughened with cross- 

 cuts, and the other end is si ill 

 choked with the remains of a 

 wooden plug. This nozzle was 

 inserted inloa hole in the blad 

 dcr as far as the tiange and 

 .secured by tying the bladder 

 above the collar. T1m> whole 

 was then secured to tlie shaft |li 

 by a lashing thn.ugii the sl.pt. 

 and could iM-intlatedat jil-'as- 

 ure and corked up witii Ihe 

 wooden plug. 



As 1 iiave already said. Ihe 

 oidy har|)oonof this kind now 

 used at I'oint Mairow is a 

 small one intended only for 

 the captui-e of small s.'als. It 

 has no bladder, but the rather 

 long line is attached to the 

 shaft by a martingah' which 'J 



makes the shaft drag sideways '"^ jn; -s,ni ,i.,rt 



through the water. Three of these little darls. whieli an 

 a handboard like the bird dart, make a s.'t. The resistauc. 



('apt. 



