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covery thefe mencouldhavemcde; for, 
befides other advantage?, which will be 
hereafter mentioned, they were hereby 
furnifhed with ftrings for their bow. 
The fuccefs of pur unfortunate iflanders 
in making the fpears, and the ufe thefc 
proved of,encouraged them to proceed, and 
to forge fome pieces of iron into heads of 
arrows of the fame fhape, though fome- 
whatfmaller in iize than the fpears above- 
mentioned. Having ground and fhar- 
pened thefe like the former, they tied 
them, with the finews of the white bears, 
to pieces of fir, to which, by the help of 
fine threads of the fame, they fattened 
feathers of fea-fowl ; and thus became 
pofTefTed of a complete bow and arrows. 
Their ingenuity, in this refpect, was 
crowned with fuccefs far beyond their 
expectation ; for, during the time of their 
continuance upon the iiland, with thefe 
arrows they killed no lei's than two 
hundred and fifty raindeer, beilJcs a 
great 
