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carries his musket, see the Macoushi Indian ad- first 
vancing towards the forest in quest of powises,-- 
maroudis, waracabas, and other feathered game. 
These Generally s it higji up in the tall and tufted Thein- 
J & I . dian i n 
trees, but still are not out of the Indian’s reach ; for pursuit of 
his blow-pipe, at its greatest elevation, will send an 
arrow three hundred feet. Silent as midnight he 
steals under them, and so cautiously does he tread 
the ground, that the fallen leaves rustle not beneath 
his feet. His ears are open to the least sound, while 
his eye, keen as that of the lynx, is employed in 
finding out the game in the thickest shade. Often 
he imitates their cry, and decoys them from tree to 
tree, till they are within range of his tube. Then 
taking a poisoned arrow from his quiver, he puts it in 
the blow-pipe, and collects his breath for the fatal puff. 
About two feet from the end through which he 
blows, there are fastened two teeth of the acouri, and 
these serve him for a sight. Silent and swift the 
arrow flies, and seldom fails to pierce the object at 
which it is sent. Sometimes the wounded bird 
remains in the same tree where it was shot, and in 
three minutes falls down at the Indian’s feet. Should 
he take wing, his flight is of short duration, and the 
Indian, following the direction he has gone, is sure 
to find him dead. 
It is natural to imagine that, when a slight wound Effects of 
only is inflicted, the game will make its escape. Far or'fthT 0 ' 1 
otherwise; the wourali poison almost instantaneously i,Rd. udt a 
mixes with blood or w r ater, so that if you wet your 
finger, and dash it along the poisoned arrow in the 
