Cuarrer XT 
ANIMAL FOOD: SEARCH, CAPTURE, AND 
PREPARATION 
General methods and means of capture (155-161); preparatory ordeals, ete., 
for the hunter, etc. (162) ; cooking and preservation of food (163). 
Capture of animals: acouri, adouri, agouti, labba (164); armadillo (165) ; ant 
bear (166); bush hog (167); deer (168); manati (169); monkey (170); 
otter (171) ; rat (172); sloth (173); tapir (174); water-haas (175). 
Capture of birds in general (176-180) ; quail (181); duck (182); cock of the 
rock, toucan, etc. (183) ; quacharo (184). 
Capture of fish by diving, feeling, stealing (185); enticed by sound, scent, or 
sight (186-189) ; caught by bow and arrow, harpoon, cudgel, cutlass (190) ; 
hook and line, with bait (191, 192), and without bait (193) ; cylinder fall trap 
(194) ; spring hooks (195-200) ; fishing nets (201); dams (202); weirs and 
fences (203) ; creels, cages, etc. (204-206) ; puddling (207) ; poison (208-214). 
Of remaining animals: turtle, tortoise (215); iguana, lizard (216); alligator 
(217); frog, toad (218); snake (219); crab (220); molluses (221); earth 
worms, ete. (222); insects: caterpillars and grasshoppers (223); beetles 
(224); ants (225); wasps and bees (226). 
Honey (227). 
155. The employment of dogs in the capture of game is of common 
application. It is usual for Indians to go in canoes along the banks 
of rivers or creeks while their dogs range the woods; and when they 
light on game they immediately give tongue and endeavor to drive 
the terrified animal to water; here, the Indian on the watch . . . pre- 
pares his bow and arrow, and paddles his canoe without the smallest 
noise in the direction of the sound, and transfixes the animal as he 
plunges in the water (Arawak on Corentyn, StC, 1, 317). Again, 
dogs may be trained to hunt particular animals only, as deer, acouri, 
quail, tortoise (sec. 162). 
156. The hunting instinct of otters and jaguars for fish and tor- 
toise, respectively, may be utilized by Indians in stealing from them 
their quarry (sees. 185, 215). 
157. With nocturnal animals the sudden and unexpected appear- 
ance of daylight as mimicked by a flash-light, torch, or lamp may 
prove the creature’s undoing. At any rate this is the explanation 
given by the Indians to account for the success met with by the ex- 
ercise of such methods. A torch at night, as is well known, will 
bring certain fish within reach of club or cutlass. The popular be- 
lief is that they are attracted out of curiosity, the Indian view being 
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