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manufacture of head-dresses, some fine examples of which are 

 in Waterton's museum. 



Armadillo {Dasypus sexcinctus). — There are several species 

 of Armadillo, but this is the one mentioned by Waterton. 

 The Nine-banded Armadillo is called Cachicame. 



Arrows, Blow-gun. — These wonderful little Arrows are 

 about nine or ten inches in length, and not thicker than a 

 lady's steel knitting-needle. Indeed, these Arrows (without 



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the poison) would answer very well for knitting. The leaf- 

 rib of the coucourite palm is, when dry, very hard and elastic, 

 although like steel, it combines brittleness with hardness and 

 elasticity. It is also a heavy wood, for Arrows made of light 



