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through the lint' hole, (Idiihlcd iu flic iiiiddl.', the two pnits ;iiv linrilv 

 stopi)ecl together with sinew in lour Jibires, ;nid in (he ends me eiit l.iu" 

 slits for looping on tlietioats. When Ihe head is lifted on the I'oresji iH 

 the line is secured to the tlat laec of Ihc roieshalt by a. Ill tie stoii aeide 



of a single strand of sinew, easily laoken. About, L'S ineiies fr tlie 



tip of the shaft the line is doubled t,,iwanl and the bight slopped to 



the shaft witli six lurus ol seal thong, so that 



the line is held iu jdace and yet can lie easilv de- /^^ 



tached by a straight pull. Tlie ends arc then '^ V',^ 



doubled back over the lashing and sfojijied to / 



the shaft with a single thread of sinew. 



Fig. 231 is a toy model of the whale harpoon, 

 No. 3(;o«2 [233], ISi inches long, made of pine 

 and ivory, and shows the nranner of attaching P' 

 the floats, which are little blocks of sprace -"^ •.^■-sf 



roughly whittled int.. tli<- shajie of inflated seal- ^' * '^ ' ' 

 skins. A piece of seal thong i;;.i, inches long f ' r 



has its ends looped round the neck olllie floats 

 and the harpoon -line is looped into a slit in the 

 middle of this line. ,. ,„. , , , , 



I'll; L'.i2.— I'liiit lilaile fur whiilt' 



WecoUected thirteen heads for such harpoons, i,;,ri,,„.„. 



which have been in actual use, of whiili two have tlint blades like the 

 one described, two ha\e bra>s lilades. and the rest either blades of slate 

 or else no blaiies. 'flic tlint blades are either friangidar like the one 

 described or lanceolate and arealxmt ;; iiickes long exclusive of the tang. 

 The three separat.' tlinl blades which ue obtaine<l (Fig. l';;2. No. oflTOS 

 |114]. from r'tkiavwlh. is one ..f these, made of black flint i an- about I 

 •and wen> p.-rhaps int.ai<led for walrus har- 



^ ''"*■'"' 'I newly made tbr the niark<'t. 



blad.'sof whi.-h we collected eleven, some 

 d and som.' ncu. bcsid.vs th,,se in the heads, are all 

 triangular, with cnrvcd edges, as in Fig.!';'..'! (No. .".t ;?()!• 

 om rtkia\ wifi, mad<'of soft ]mrple slate). ex<'ept 

 le new on.-. N... r.imla |IS,S„]. u hich has the c,,riu'rs 

 lt..n' so as t.. gi\.' it a rh.iinboidal shapi'. The cor 

 I'-io "3:i _.si,a,. i.la.l.- '"■'■'■^ •"■'' ■•^"iii''liiii''^ rounded ofl's.i that they ar.> nearly 

 f...-wl'ial.3'imnn...n. heart shajic.l. 'fh.'v.'blaih's an- usually about L'^J-in.'hes 

 long and 2 broad ; tw.i nnusnally hug.' on.'s are .'. inches l.mg and nearly 



2J broad,an(l. small .m.- L'- 1 b\ l-tl in.'h.'s. an.l aiv simpl\ we.lged into 



the blade slit w ith.mt a rivet, 'f h.' b|-a>s bla.les ar.- ..f th.' sann- shap.'. 

 Tliecouuu..n material tbr th.' b.Mly s.-cnis f,, hav.' b.^ai rath.-r carse 



iv..ry bodi.'s. and th.'s,. are b.ali ..f th.' new.-r brass-bla.h'.l palt.-rn. The 

 b.i.ly is very l.mgaml sh-nder, being usually ali.mt S .,i- SJ, ini'hes huig 

 (one is !)i inches long) and n.it over \k inches broa.l at the widest part. 



