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ARTEFACTS COLLECTED 
band of hide (if in. wide and evidently cut from the skin 
of a horse’s tail, so as to form an unbroken band) has been 
drawn, while ‘green’, over the stone and strap, and has been 
allowed to shrink on as it dried. This band almost com¬ 
pletely envelops the stone and grips the encircling strap very 
firmly. The whole attachment for the cord is very effective 
and ingeniously devised. The second weight is much smaller 
and of elongated shape with circular transverse section. It is 
completely enveloped in a close-fitting bag of raw hide, to 
which the cord is attached. In use, the smaller weight is, 
I believe, held in the hand, the larger weight being whirled 
round at the end of the ft. cord. After release, the weights 
are projected forward, the cord catches and is checked against 
the bird’s legs or neck, and the weights carry the ends of 
the cords round and round in opposite directions, the victim 
being brought to the ground and rendered immobile by the 
tightly gripping thong. 
A few bone implements were obtained from near Santa 
Cruz, being long straight bird-bones simply ground to a 
point at one end, presumably for use as borers. 
Stone implements of the old Patagonian culture are repre¬ 
sented in the collection by numerous examples exhibiting 
a good range of varieties, such as arrow- and lance-heads, 
knives, scrapers, and borers, together with some indetermi¬ 
nate forms of large size. The arrow- and lance-heads fall 
into two categories, (i) those made from hard silicious stone 
e -g- a g ate > chalcedony, quartz, chert, See.—or from black 
obsidian. Many of these are finely made, being skilfully 
and delicately flaked all over. Nearly all are furnished with 
tangs which vary much in width, and which are usually 
notched at the base. Barbs are present in several examples 
(Fig. 9, nos. i, 2, 3, 4). No. 4 is of obsidian, the other three 
apparently of chalcedony. These examples were obtained 
by a resident at Deseado from ancient middens. A beautiful 
