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Now. till 



oinu'd.and oilici liiinus of Ihe same nature as really to assiuue 

 I (lisiinctly ivliuioiis cliaraclci-. Heuce, we should naturally 

 • Micct (o lind ihc iniplciiicnis used in it more or less archaic in 



■ case ill rcijard to the toggle-head I think 

 1 1 sciiiis to nie ecpnilly evident that this 



ins I lie loose slialt and t'oreshatt, undiffer- 



nt of tlic liarpoon was arrested at this par- 

 I'asily dcteriniued. A natural supposition 

 IS tlic form of harpoon used by their an- 

 lirst licuaii to be successful whalemen. 



tlic idea of ,uo()(l liu-k with these ancient 

 stone liar|iooiis is siiown by what occurred at Point Barrow iu 

 iss.i. Of laic years they have obtained from the ships many 

 onlliiaiy ■• wliale irons," and s(jme people at least had got into 

 I he habit ol' iisin.u tiicm. 



Now, the bail liiek of the sea.s(m of 1882, when the boats of 

 both villa.u'cs toj;ether cauiiht only one small whale, was attrib- 

 uted to tlic use of these - irons." and it was decided by the (^Iders 

 thai Uw Jirnt liai]ioon struck into the wlialc must be a st()ue- 

 bladcd one such as tlieir forefatliers used when they killed many 

 whales. 



In this connection, it is interesting to note a jiarallel custom 

 observed at I'oint Hope. Hooper' says that at this place the 

 beluga must always be struck witli ■.\j!i)it spear, even if it has 

 been killed by a rifle shot. 



/,((/((■(. s.— As I have said on a preceding page, some of the na- 

 fi\cs now use boiiili-guns for dispatching the liarpooned whale, 

 and all the whaleboats are provided with steel wliale lances 

 the ships. In former times they used a large and 

 c with a broad Hint head. They seem to havecon- 

 •e of this weapon, jirobably for the same reasons 

 I to retain the ancient harpoon for whaling until 

 I heir |ireseiit su]>ply of steel lances, as we found 



are found in (licenland and elsewhere. \Vc obtained nine 

 heads for stone lances (kaliiwii:) and one complete lance, a very 

 tine specimen ( Xo. .".(ITC.') |.V">7j. Fig. J38), which was brought 

 down as a |ircseiit from Xuwilk. The broad, sharp head is of 



li.uht <;ray Hint, i iited on a shatt of siu'uce 11' feet G inches 



long. II has a broad, stout tang inserted in the cleft end of the 



iCirwiiilCi-purt. p. 41. 



