OF THE KAYACKER. 
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ally an arrow-head of 
bone, has a socket to 
receive the end of the 
shaft: it disengages it- 
self readily from its 
place, but still remains fast to the end of the line. 
Thus, when the kayacker has struck his prey, the 
shaft escapes the risk of breaking from a pull against 
the grain by bending at the joint, and the point is 
carried free by the animal as he dives. 
At the right centre of gravity of the harpoon, that 
point, I mean, at which a cudgel-player would grasp 
his staff, a neatly-arranged cestns or holder [noon-soh) 
8 In. 
INSIDE OB SECTION OF THE NOON-SOK. 
fits itself on the shaft. It serves to give the kayacker 
a good grip when casting his weapon, but slides off 
from it, and is left in the hand, at the moment of 
drawing hack his arm. The bird javelin {neu-ve-ah), 
8 In. 
the seal \a,ncQ{ali-gnu-ve-to), and the rude hunting-knife 
n lu. 
{ka-poot)^ will be easily understood from my sketches. 
