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THE BIND A OF JOHOKE. 
ground which it. is expected the animals will traverse. At every 
twenty or thirty feet opening's are left, between which spears are fix¬ 
ed parallel to the fence and close to it, and of which the heads reach 
across the openings. The end of the shaft is fastened to the extre¬ 
mity of a horizontal sapling freshly cut, highly elastic, and about fif¬ 
teen feet in length and 2 to 27 } inches in breadth. The other extre¬ 
mity is fastened to a strong stake driven into the ground, and within 
a few feet of this another stake is placed in such a direction that 
when the sapling is forcibly bent back on it for two or three feet it is 
perpendicular to the fence. The method by which it is retained so 
retracted is equally simple and effective. A rough pole secured by 
two stakes is placed parallel to one of the poles of the fence, on the 
side where the spear and its other apparatus are, but at a level a 
little below that of the spear. A stick a few T feet in length is bound 
firmly at one extremity to the sapling so as to be parallel to, and on 
the same level as, the spear, while the other extremity well smooth¬ 
ed is made to pass under another stick at right angles to it, and of 
which the ends pass under the two poles. The sticks retain their 
position by their mutual pressure. To this cross stick a black string, 
thin but very strong, is fastened. The other end of the string is at¬ 
tached to the further side of the opening and the portion passing 
across it is made to hang loosely. When an animal enters the open¬ 
ing the pressure of its body on this part of the string pulls the cross 
stick forward. An advance of less than an inch releases it, and the 
instant the stick which keeps the sapling bent is thus in its turn freed, 
the latter springs forward to its natural position with immensefforce, 
and the spear is driven into the body of the animal, or in many cases 
probably right through it. The slightness of the pressure required 
to release the spring, and the rapidity and irresistible force with 
which the spear is impelled across the opening, are admirable. The 
materials for every part of the engine are taken from the forest 
around. Even the spear head is made of the bulo kdsop , and is ex¬ 
ceedingly hard and sharp. 
The ^rrnun tribes also, to capture wild animals, dig pits about 
twelve feet in depth which they cover over w ith brushwood. 
Wild pigeons, wild fowl, and many other birds which are used for 
food are caught by means of bird lime of which they possess several 
very effective kinds, prepared by mixing the gittas yielded by differ¬ 
ent trees. 
A considerable number of the trees of the forest afford fruits and 
seeds which aje eaten either in their raw state or after being boiled 
