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In the way of fixings for this, you need four pairs of horns 

 and four tails. I have seen real deer horns used, but they 

 are scarce and heavy. It is better to go out where you can 

 get a few crooked Umbs of oak, cedar, hickory, or apple 

 tree; and cut eight pair, as near like a, b, c, in the cut as pos- 

 sible, each about two feet long and one inch thick at the 

 butt. Peel these; point the square ends of the branches, 



then lash them in pairs, thus (d). A pair, of course, 

 is needed for each caribou. These are held in the hand 

 and above the head, or in the hand resting on the head. 



The tails are made each out of one third of a flat barrel 

 hoop of wood. At one end of the hoop make four holes in 

 pairs, an inch apart; thus (see fin cut). These are for cords 

 that pass over the wearer's belt and through the hoop. 



