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Terrapin spearing — Continued. 



means of a crude one-pointed spear armed with a metal tip. 

 Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. C, 1882. Henry W. 

 Elliott. 



Indians spearing fish. 



A crayon sketch showing a birch-bark canoe with two Indians en- 

 gaged in catching fish. One Indian sits in the stern paddling 

 the boat, while the other stands in the bow ready to spear the 

 fish. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. C, 1882. Henry 

 W. Elliott. 



Eskimo seal hunting. 



An India-ink sketch showing an Alaskan Eskimo dressed in his 

 fur suit and provided with a harpoon creeping up to a seal on 

 the ice. The costume of the Eskimo as he lies stretched out 

 upon the ice causes him to somewhat resemble a seal in ap- 

 pearance, and by the use of a scratcher made out of seal's 

 claws he makes a noise which frequently draws the seal near 

 enough to him to enable him to strike it with a harpoon. Size, 

 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. 0., 1882. Henry W. Elli- 

 ott, artist. 



9. Tangles. 



Tangles. 



The tangles are employed by naturalists for the purpose of gather- 

 ing small spiny animals, such as sea-urchins and star-fishes, 

 from the bottom at considerable depths. They adhere to the 

 fibers of the spun-yarn in great numbers. It has been thought 

 that this instrument might advantageously be employed in 

 freeing oyster-beds from their worst enemies, the star-fish. (See 

 apparatus for deep-sea research.) 



