it can !>.■ cnsily slip,,,.,!. | 

 sliaft by rlic rii,] ,,rili,' ass 

 or two IdMsc tmiis naiiiii 

 .l(.nh!(..l int.. 

 ft and ass 

 The otlicr siM-cimcii is< 

 sli-litly (litrcivnt i.rn],(.rt 

 iiiclies Idii.u and a jiirk I'.f inrlics l(,n,--. TL 

 sliaft is of ivory, and tliciv arc lasliin-s of wiiil( 

 W'lialebonc at cadi end of tlic shaft. Tl 

 bliiiji- line is hitched 

 as round the two ends of the sh 



tted round the pick. The Hue is, .f very stout |i:i: 

 sinew braid, and has an ey neatly spliced in the |' 

 end for looping it round the sliaft, Im-, i'l'!», N. 

 S'Jaol [l(ISL'|,isa tnodel of 

 made for .sale. It is Kij ii 



ill all its j.arts, cxcci.t that the whole head is PSi 

 of ivory, even to liaviuf;- the ends <if tlie shaft ^ 

 whipped with liyiitcolored whalebone, Theshalt ff 



isof i.ine and the rest of w;,,_ 



of .sinew braiil. We also colic, 'red four loose 

 m sliafts for such harpoons. One of these. N,.. 

 I J) .S94.S!) [802], is of whale's b(Uie. and unusually 

 I short, only I t in, dies lou.i;-. It perhaps belono-ed 

 ^>j to a lail's spi'ar. Th,> ,,tlier thre.. aiv loni;-. 20 to 



shown by tli,> spiral twist in tli,' .main. 



'i'he harpoon iiscl tor the whali' fishery is a 

 liea\y. linlky wcaiion, whiidi is ne\ cr thrown, but 

 thi'ust with lioth hands as th,' whale risi's uinler 



in a lar^c i\,iiy ,-roti'li, sliap,',! like a rowl,i,'k, in 

 the bow, Th.' shaft is ,,f w,,o,l au,l S ,,r !l teet 

 hill--, an.l th,-iv is 11,, I,, OS,. Shalt, the b,,iie ,ir 

 \. ivory foreshatt. Immii.^' taiH^reil off t,. a shMiilci' 



point of such a shape that the ImmiI easily iin 

 Fk. -).- ships. This tbre.shaft is not w.M-hted, as in tli,' 



I'nL '■" w.Mpon wlii,-h d,M.s i„,t h^av,. tin- lian,l," The 

 liarpoon line is fitted with two intiateil sealskin tloats. 



No eoniplct,-. -ennine whalili- liarpo,iiis u.'iv ,-ver of- '^Z 

 fered for sale, but a man .-it Nuwfik ina,i,- a v.'ry ''xci-b ,_,, j,';;,,™, 



lent re,lu,.,Ml hd ab,iut two tliinls the usual .size (No. p™',,!. " ' 



8'J!M)!l 1I(I2;'.|, Im,u, •S.'.O), whiidi will serve as the type of this w. 



