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knot in the end of each string. They then pass through three corre- 
sponding holes in the bottom of the cavity, leaving outside of the back 
two ends 7 inches and one 15 long, which are tied together. The cover 
can be lifted wholly off and then drawn back into its place by pulling 
the string. - 
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Fig. 251.—Boxes for harpoon heads. 
We collected seven such whale-harpoon boxes, usually about 9 to 92 
inches long. Nearly all have bits of erystal, amber, or pyrite, inlaid 
for the eyes and in the middle of the back, and the cover is generally 
rigged in the way described. No. 56502 [198], from Utkiavwin, is a 
