THe INDIANS OF GUIANA. 51 
a signal to his companions by a certain whistling or 
bellowing, when they reunite. The hunt being over, 
_they paddle homewards, where they draw and clean 
their game, bringing it to the master, for whom they 
hunt, who rewards them either with a bottle of Kiltum 
(Rum) or other little knick-knack. They keep the 
intestines, head, neck, anda fore-shoulder to themselves, 
which they give to their wives to be washed and boiled 
in pepperpot, or to be put on the Bardacot, a sort of 
wooden grater either to roast or to dry; when on 
arriving home they throw themselves forthwith into 
their hammocks, remaining in it the whole day playing 
on their flutes, whilst their wives serve up their dinner. 
When an Indian hunts small game, he goes by him- 
self in the forest with the dogs, armed with an axe, 
bow and arrow, and generally with a gun; the dogs 
giving tongue he pursues the game, but as the forests 
abound with hollow trees it often happens that the game 
creeps in one of them to hide itself, when the dogs 
remain barking before it, till the Indian makes his 
appearance, who stops the hole with branches and 
leaves, cutting at the other side of the tree or opening 
with his axe, by which he can either shoot the game or 
drag it out with his hands; not being able to effe&t this, 
he lights a fire on the hollow tree, when the game is 
forced either to come out, or to stifle from the smoke. 
Fishing is likewise carried on with bow and arrow, 
which latter they manufacture of sharp fish bones, with 
sometimes five or seven points; or with the hook, the 
lines of which they make of threads from the plant 
called Pta, which for strength and fineness equal the 
whipcord of our Country. 
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