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The illustration represents the head of one of the Arrows 

 in my collection, one figure showing it as ready to be placed 

 on the bow, and the other as covered with its bamboo guard. 

 The native is so cautious about the wourali, that he never 

 uses any cutting instrument when the poison is uncovered, 

 lest he might scratch himself, and some of the wourali find its 

 way into the wound. He never carries the hog-arrow without 

 its guard, and if an uncovered arrow be pointed at him, te 

 is as much frightened as we should be if aimed at with a 

 loaded rifle. 



The feathers are only two in number. 



Areow, Rappu or Poison-wood. — I cannot find that this 

 weapon is anywhere mentioned by Waterton, although he 

 brought home many specimens, and gave me several of them, 

 describing their properties, which are very nearly identical 

 with those of wourali. Mr. C. B. Brown gives an amusing 

 account of a controversy between three hunters. One named 

 Parmu was well ahead of the others, shot a wild hog with a 

 Eappu Arrow, and, knowing that it must fall, went after the 

 rest of the herd, leaving the poisoned head in the wound. 

 Presently, another hunter came up, fired at the hog, and as it 

 did not run away, thought that he had inflicted a fatal wound. 

 Hunter number three now came up, and also fired with the 

 same result. 



" On the return of the men, this hog was knocked on the 

 head, the poisoned Arrow pulled out, and the animal brought 

 to the boat, when Ben claimed it as the result of his prowess. 

 Grifiiths was astounded at this, declaring that he had slain it 

 himself. When, however, it had been scalded and scraped, it 

 was found that not a single shot had touched it,, and the 

 Arrow-head formed its only wound. The subject was a sore 

 one for both men after their warm discussion, and it was fre- 

 quently brought up by the rest of the party, when the topic 

 of conversation turned on shooting.'' 



The same traveller thus describes the manufacture of the 

 Arrow. 



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