MURDOCH.] SEAL DART. 215 
Greenlandic agdligak, is still in use, but was always applied to the old 
bone harpoon heads, which are, however, of the toggle-head pattern 
(described below). It seems asif the Point Barrow natives had for- 
gotten all about the a’/kqligik except that it was a 
harpoon with a bone head for taking seals. At the 
present time the small bladder float, permanently 
attached to the shaft of the harpoon, is never used 
Fi1g.202_Nozzle forbladaer 26 Point Barrow. That it was used in ancient times 
float. is shown by our finding in one of the ruined houses 
in Utkiaywin a very old broken nozzle for inflating one of these floats. 
Fig. 202, No. 89720 [756], is this specimen, which was picked up by Capt. 
Herendeen. This is arounded 
tube of fossil ivory, 1-3 inches 
long and about one-half inch 
in diameter, slightly contract- 
ed toward one end and then 
expanded into a stout collar. 
At the other is a stout longi- 
tudinal flange, three-fourths 
inch long, perforated with an 
oblong slot. Between the 
flange and the collar the sur- 
face is roughened with cross- 
cuts, and the other end is still 
choked with the remains of a 
wooden plug. Thisnozzle was 
inserted intoa hole in the blad- 
der as far as the flange and 
secured by tying the bladder 
above the collar. The whole 
was then secured to the shaft 
by a lashing through the slot, | 
and could be inflated at pleas- | 
ure and corked up with the | 
wooden plug. 
As I have already said, the 
only harpoon of this kind now 
used at Point Barrow is a | 
small one intended only for 
the capture of small seals. It 
has no bladder, but the rather 
long line is attached to the 
shaft by a martingale which 
makes the shaft drag sideways SE as EO CLK 
through the water. Three of these little darts, which are thrown with 
a handboard like the bird dart, make aset. The resistance of the shafts 
