TYPES OF THE CLUBS. aa 
the head; at the juncture of shaft and head a circular depression like 
a saucer. Structurally this resembles somewhat distinctly the head 
treatment of Plate V, 2. Of those in which the head is developed by 
the utilization of the flanges of the stem as in Plate V, 5 and 6, 6 pieces, 
and which we may designate the wheel type, we have a shaft which may 
or which may not flange at the haft, but which in every case swells into 
the head, and at the distal end of the head we find a double element of a 
carved ring which may or which may not have a shallow depression 
between it and the second element of a more or less carefully worked, 
highly domed knob. ‘The third type is distinguished by its carefully 
patterned head (Plate V, 7 and 9). In this type the shaft always 
swells to the head, and the ring and knob at the head are quite as in the 
wheeltype. The marking of the head suggests nothing quite so much as 
an application of basketry of the pandanus leaf, such as may be seen in 
Plate V, 2,as a simple tie about the stem. In two pieces (Plate V, 9) 
the flat surfaces of the pattern around the greatest circumference are 
distinguished by inner concentric lines, producing the impression of a 
double element, of which the lower was allowed to appear through slits 
in the upper. 
No matter what the type of this club may be, the Fijian ula, that 
affects only its finish, the art of throwing is the same for all and an art 
most difficult to acquire. It corresponds generally with the knife- 
throwing of the Sicilian and of the mountaineer of Kentucky. In 
each case the heavy end of the projectile—the handle of the knife or 
the head of the club—goes forward toward the mark. At a certain 
distance from the mark the thrown weapon capsizes in a vertical 
sense and the blow is delivered by the lighter end—the point of the 
knife or the haft end of the wla. The haft end of the club is not © 
sharpened to a point; examination of the collated measurements will 
show it to be of about the thickness of a man’s finger or thumb, but 
such is its striking force when thrown by the well-muscled Fijian that 
it will with no difficulty transfix the softer tissues of the trunk, despite 
the protection of the ribs. These ula are thrown with precision to a 
distance of 100 feet. In one case I saw a pig pierced through the flank 
until the flight of the club was brought up by the head and the haft 
came clear through on the other side; this at a distance of 65 feet. 
The club is held peculiarly, and apparently experience has evolved a 
particular grasp and release in order to govern the weapon in its flight. 
The haft is held firmly against the ball of the thumb, and it is probably 
for this reason that no attempt is made to secure greater piercing 
power by fining the haft to a point. The shaft lies upon the half- 
flexed middle finger; the index finger slightly bent overlies it; the tip 
of the thumb is applied to keep the shaft in this position; a peculiar 
rhythm of the release of the pressure of the three fingers, quite impossi- 
ble to describe, seems to be responsible for the distinctive peculiarity 
