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use nets in driving or capturing game ? how are they con¬ 
structed, and of what materials ? 30. Any use of palings or 
trenches in driving or capturing game? 31. Give drawings 
of any pitfalls used ? 32. Snares ? 33. Any use of a spring- 
trap, consisting of a lance attached to an elastic stem, by 
which the animal is transfixed ? if so, give sketches of all the 
varieties employed, and of any other traps, with the baits 
used ? 34. Describe accurately the weapons employed in the 
chase ? 35. Are they the same employed for war ? 36. Are 
any of them also used as tools for different purposes ? 37. At 
what distances do they use their weapons with effect against 
different animals ? 38. Can they hit a bird on the wing ? 
39. Any use of bird-bolts or blunt-headed arrows for stunning 
animals without damaging their skins ? 40. Any use of 
arrows with two or more points ? 41. Are arrows with dif¬ 
ferent-shaped heads carried in the same quiver, and used for 
different animals ? describe the uses of the different forms ? 
42. Is any record kept of game killed ? 43. Are fires em¬ 
ployed to drive game ? 44. Are dogs or other animals em¬ 
ployed in hunting ? what birds are used in hawking, fishing, 
&c. ? 45. Are they trained to any special functions ? 46. By 
whom are they kept and controlled ? 47. Are horses used in 
hunting ? 48. How is the game carried on an expedition ? 
49. Is there much waste ? 50. Is it a reproach to wound 
without capturing an animal? 51. Describe the different 
modes of fishing ? 52. Describe all the varieties of fish-spears 
used? 53. Fish-forks? 54. Dams? 55. Weirs? 56. Are 
arrows used for fishing, and with or without detached heads ? 
57. Is any connexion of form observable between the harpoon- 
head and the fish-hook ? 5 7a. Is either barbed ? 58. Describe 
the varieties of fish-hooks used? 5 8a. Is any material used 
in place of a hook to become entangled in the teeth of the 
fish ? 59. Harpoons ? 60. Fish-nets ; describe the different 
kinds, and note what is used for floats, sinkers, &c., and their 
forms? 61. Fish-traps? 61 a. Is any edible bait used, oi* is 
the bait intended to deceive the fish by its appearance only ? 
62. How are fish preserved and cured ? 63. Are they pre¬ 
served alive in ponds ? 63^. Are large fish ever attacked at 
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