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hangs until it is secured by the fisherman (SR, 1, 424). A very early 
type of compound spring hook is reported from Cayenne (pl. 47 A), 
where the rod is locked by an inverted L-shaped arrangement (Cr, 
516). 
196. The triangle spring hook of the Pomeroon district Arawak, 
Warrau, and, during recent years only, of the Carib (pl. 43, fig. 2), is 
called allausa by the first named. It consists of a triangle, its firmly 
fixed support (d), a bait string, and a spring (c). The triangle, or 
“wife,” consists of a thick bar or pencil about 6 inches long attached 
at its extremities to a piece of twine, the central portion of which is 
looped’ onto the strong support. For a reason which I have not 
had sufficiently explained, the middle third of the bar is always 
either painted black or has its bark intact. The bait string is looped 
above onto a trigger (>), and a few inches below it onto a key pin (¢). 
After fixing the spring firmly into the mud, sand, etc., and attaching 
the bait string to its extremity, the trap is set by bending the spring 
well over, drawing the trigger from behind and under the bar of 
the triangle, and keeping its tapering extremity in position by means 
of the key pin placed at right angles between it and the two por- 
tions of twine. The hook is so arranged that it hangs about the 
length of a man’s foot from the bottom. The fish pulling on the bait 
gradually drags the key pin farther and farther down until at length, 
with the release of the trigger, it is shot up with the rebounding 
spring to dangle above the water surface. Used at night in the river 
bends, with a fish bait, for catching huri (WER, tv). On the Esse- 
quibo, at Rockstone, I have seen the support and two sides of the tri- 
angle replaced by a firmly planted forked stick, the pencil of the 
triangle being substituted by a strong piece of wood tied across the 
tops of the fork prongs. 
197. The Pomeroon Arawak and Carib will substitute an F-shaped 
piece of wood (pl. 45, fig. 1, A, B) for the triangle and bait with 
meat by day as well as by night for haimara. 
198. Again, the Pomeroon Arawak will often discard triangle and 
F-piece and lock the trap (C) by means of the trigger (0) attached 
now to the strong immovable support (d). The most delicate ar- 
rangement of all (D), however, is where the bait string is attached 
direct to the end of the spring, the key pin (e) remaining independent 
of it (¢). The hunter has to exercise great care when setting this 
trap, lest the spring should unexpectedly slip (WER, rv). 
199. In Surinam there was used a square frame (pl. 45, fig. 2 A, 
B; pl. 47 C) formed of two vertical posts (d@) fixed by a crosspiece 
firmly attached to their tops. With the one extremity of the trigger 
(>) pressing against the crosspiece and its other against the key pin 
(e) it keeps the latter in place parallel with and below the crosspiece. 
