MFRDorHl WALET'S IIAKI 



m<i tbctioat is made citli 

 back to the staniliii:: i 

 567(17 [531]). uv by spli( 

 5G7»;!»). 



The loose sliaft varies very iiTtic in sinqic 

 thoug-li it is soinetiines loniided otV at th( 

 buttwitlioiita slioiilder. Imt the line \vhi( 

 seeures this to thefureshatt is put on ditl'er 

 eiitly on each of the six spears. Five o 

 them have the end simply ]iassed tlinm 

 the hole in the loose shaft and s] 

 the staiidinjj ])art. but two (the type lii:nre(l 

 and Xo. r)(J7(i.S [:,:V2\) hav 

 carried down and hitelH'd round rue i]\ 

 tlie shaft: another has it ])assed tlironi; 

 hole in tiie foreshaft, taken 1.^ turns rou 

 this and knotted (Xo..-)t!:71 [.");! 

 has a loop as louj;- as the foreshaft with the 

 short end passed under the first turn of the 

 shaft lashing before it is spliced, and the 

 long end secured as on the first mentioned: 

 and the fifth has the end ]tassed through a 

 hole in the foreshaft and carried ilown ami 

 wrapi)ed round the shaft lashint;-. The 

 sixth has one < ii<l |i issc d t 

 in the smallest put of tlu 

 knotted at the . nd tin otln i . n<l 

 up through the hoh ni tin loos, s], itt ind 

 down toa secoml hoh ni tin ton ■^li itt 

 to tin" first, then ui)thiou^h th. Ioom -h iff 

 and down through tin histlioi( iiidtmkid 

 under the two i)uts <in tl 



The foreshaft i- niuh ( 

 the hard hone of tin \\ ilius | ,\\ ind \ 

 little in ibrm and diin(nsions I 

 times ornamentdl i)\ i n\in_ i-, in N 

 5(>772 [536], or b\ uu isul pittnn- i- m s| , 

 Fig. 21'2, No. 5(.J5s [Ms] uid _. m i iil\ li is '^A 

 one or two deep loniiitudiii il notchts in tin \\^ 

 thickest part, in wliidi tli. I 

 drawn snugly down It iisn i]l\ i^ loiiied 

 to the shaft I'.y i siont nm d,. shipultmo ^^ 

 which tits iiiio i < oi k -poiidnu i lett m the 

 tieeu Ills 

 ami a w lapjiing of si d ilion_ oi •~in( v. In iid 

 .sometimes mad( iiiok s( < uk 1)\ i)issiu_ 



