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Wlicnat tli('i-iv<Tsiiitli<';iuminiian.li'Mil.vspiiim. ilicy lisli lor huihot 

 with a liiu'canyiug a peculiar lar.^c liook called ii:k(iliin. wliich is hailed 

 with a iiii'i-e of whitetish. There are two loriiis of ihis hook ^ 



which is from :'< to '>\ inches loii.u'. One loriii (lilfers in six 1\ i '| 



fnmi the small ui'ksln, hut is always of while ivoiy and uot \\\ 

 beaded ( Fi- L'(J9, No. Sil.V.o j7,S(i| from rikiavwifi. w'liicli is If |l r| 



inches lonj;- and has a copper hook). The 1 k is of coppd' , | 



brass or iron. The other form, which is i.erhaps ihc commom i i 



has a narrow Hat body, sli-htly hent.aiul serrated on tiie ed--. s I 



to ^ii'ive a firm attachiiH-nt to the li.iit. This hod\ is usuall.'ot |' / 

 antler, and has a copper or iron hook either spui V| 

 shaped or of the common form as in fii;. L'TO, No i 

 S!C,.-,;; [7(^1 from Utkiavwin. wliicii has a body ol ', , ' 

 walrus ivory Hiiches Ion-- and a co|,i,cr hook. ( »l i o 

 late years, small cod hooks obtained from tli.> ships im. 

 been adapte<l to t hese h.MJies. as is seen in Fi- L'71 \o s'» .".J 

 [SlIJ from rtkiavwin. T 



has beeii half indiedded in a lon-itudinal -roov.. 

 on the tlattei- side of the body, with the bend of 

 the hook ]>roJectin.u' about J incii beyond the ti 

 of the latter. The rin- of the hook has been 

 bent open and the end sunk into the body. The 

 hook is Indd on by two lashin.^s of sinew, one at 

 each end of the shank. 



\o. .■>(;.V,t4 l.yj from rtkiavwin is like the pre- 

 cediiiii-, but has a hu-vr Inrnk, which from the 

 bend to the point is wrai.pe<l in a piece of (h'cr 

 skin with the tlesh side out. and wound with 

 sinew lia\in.u a tuft of hail' at the point of the 

 ''uMn'Mu'Tst hook. This is probably to hide the p,m,f when { 



>'■■""-'■"■ the hook is hailed. No. o(i.V.>4 |n;7| from I'tki 



avwih, has the hook fastened to the back of the body in 

 stead of th<' llaf side. The manner in which these hook^ 

 are baited is shown in I'i.i;. I'TL', which represents a complete '^\ 

 set (d'burhot tackle ( No. .s'.C.4(i |!lt(l|) brou-ht inandsoldby . ii i 

 some rtkiavwin nati\es. Just as they had been usiii-- it in tin lutumn 

 of ISSL' at Kuarii or Kulu-rua. A piece of whitetish, tiesh md skin. 



with the -( ales i<>mo\e(l is \\ rai)i)ed round the 1 k -oas to make a cliil)- 



shaped bo.l\ 11 imdie> louy ami l> se^^. p aloim one si.jc with cotton 



twine. The coi>pei spm piojeds thloujih the skill <ui (h<' other side. 



