WAK AND HUNTING. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PITFALL, THE CLUB, THE SWORD, THE. SPEAR AND 



DAGGER. 



Analogy between War and Hunting. — The Pitfall as used for both Purposes. — 

 African Pitfalls for large Game, and their Armature for preventing the Escape 

 of Prey. — Its Use in this Country on a miniature scale. — Mr. Waterton's 

 Mouse-trap. — Pitfall of the Ant-lion, and its Armature for preventing the 

 Escape of Prey. — The Club and its Origin. — Gradual Development of the 

 Weapon. — The "Pine-apjle" Club of Fiji. — The Game of Pallone and the 

 " Bracciale." — The Irish Shillelagh. — Clubs and Maces of Wood, Metal, 

 or mixed. — The Morgenstern. — Ominous Jesting. — Natural Clubs. — The 

 Durian, the Diodon, and the Horse-chestnut. — The Sword, or flattened and 

 sharpened Club. — Natural and artificial Armature of the Edge. — The Sword- 

 grass, Leech, and Saw-fish. — Spears and Swords armed with Bones and 

 Stones. — The Spear and Dagger, and their Analogies.— Structure of the 

 Spear. — The Bamboo as a Weapon of War or Hunting. — Singular Combat, 

 and its Results. 



npHE two subjects which are here mentioned are practically 

 -*- one, the warfare being in the one case carried on against 

 mankind, and in the other against the lower animals, the 

 means employed being often the same in both cases. 



The Pitfall. 



One of the simplest examples of this double use is afforded 

 by the Pitfall, which is employed in almost every part of the 

 world, and, although mostly used for hunting, still keeps its 

 place in warfare. 



On the right hand of the accompanying illustration is shown 

 a section of the Pitfall which is so commonly used in Africa for 

 the capture of large game. It is, as may be seen, a conical 

 hole, the bottom of which is armed with a pointed stake. 

 Should a large animal fall intc the pit, the shape of the sides 



