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bladder and line belonging to the kayak. Between these two
extremes the other weapons arrange themselves according to
the operations for which they are intended.
COMPONENT PARTS OF THE CHIEF IMPLEMENTS OF
CHASE. In endeavouring to explain the construction and use
of the weapons and tools, we must refer to the immediate
objects for which they are intended:
a) the weapon has to be thrown (a missile);
b) to be wielded or employed with the hand;
c) it has to be immediately withdrawn from the wounded
animal;
d) its point has to be furnished with barbs to make it stick
in the wound;
e) the shaft has to be immediately loosened from the head,
but remain attached to it by a strap;
f) the shaft is to be wholly detached from the sticking
head, while a long line still remains fastened to the latter,
g) the other end of the line or thong (f) has to be fastened
to an inflated bladder which hinders the animal in trying to
escape;
h) the hunter himself has to hold or secure the other end
of the line (g);
i) a smaller bladder has to be fixed on the shaft of the
missile;
k) the upper or foremost part (foreshaft) of the shaft has
to be fitted with a joint so as to bend with the motions of the
animal; the length of the whole shaft will thus be shortened
so as to free the point (h, g), that is kept tightly pressed over
its head by the thong;
1) the missile to be thrown has to be generally kept resting
in an implement, the «throwing stick», that remains in the hand
of the hunter;
m) if the weapon at the same time is intended for the
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