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usually did not see them, and ran right into the nets, which 

 were set up just firmly enough not to fall down when first 

 struck, and on the struggle of the pig to release itself the net 

 collapsed and entangled the animal, which was immediately 

 speared by the men standing near by. Should the pig for 

 some reason turn upon a man, the above-mentioned trap, 

 Kona, was used. This consisted of a pear-shaped frame of 

 strong cane, to which was attached a loose netting with very 

 large meshes, made of thin, strong rope. The Kona was held 

 by the man against the charging boar, which ran its muzzle 

 and head right into its meshes. The man was able to wrestle 

 with the animal for some time, but others, coming soon to his 

 rescue, speared the pig. 



The wallaby hunt is conducted in the same way as the pig 

 hunt, with the exception that the nets are not joined up to 

 each other, but a space of about one net's length being left 

 between every two. In these spaces stand the hunters (see pi. 

 xxxix., fig. 2 and diagram on next page). The reason for this 

 arrangement is that there is no danger of the wallabies charg- 

 ing through the gaps, as they are too much afraid of the men, 

 whom a boar would not heed; moreover, the leaving of spaces 

 between the nets allows the line to extend over a longer 

 distance. 



If such a hunt takes place on grassland, instead of in the 

 jungle, the grass is burned along a curve, which with the line- 

 of nets forms a closed circuit. 



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 Diagram or a Pig Hunt. 

 A, B, C. Line of nets. 

 A, D, C. Line of drivers. 

 a a. Men with spears and Konas waiting for the pigs. 



