. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 3C7 woods never fly triio. I have made imitations of tliese Arrows in many kinds of wood, and found yew to be the best. TI»o end which is destined to receive the poison is beautifully tiipered by means of the pirai tooth shari)enor, and can, in consecpienco of its hardness, be brought to a wonderfully lino point. Owin
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 3C7 woods never fly triio. I have made imitations of tliese Arrows in many kinds of wood, and found yew to be the best. TI»o end which is destined to receive the poison is beautifully tiipered by means of the pirai tooth shari)enor, and can, in consecpienco of its hardness, be brought to a wonderfully lino point. Owing to their very small size, a hundred or more can be carried in the quiver, and they are arranged as shown in the illustration, taken from my own specimens. The tirst illustration represents a few of these Arrows linked together as described. I may mention that the strings at the ends of the central stick are double. The Arrows are laid one by one between the strings, a single turn being made between each Arrow, and they are kept in their places by a couple of sliding knots, which can be moved up and down the strings. The Arrows, when in their places, bear some resemblance to the peculiar mats used for cream cheeses, and perhaps a still greater re- semblance to the parallel straws once employed by milliners in the operation of "gauffring" muslin, crape, and other tine BLOW-OUN ARRUWS ROLLED AND TIED. It will be seen that the Arrows can be rolled round the stick and tied together, and if one of the Arrows be wanted, it can easily be pushed between the spokes o^ the wheel without disturbing the roll. By some tribes, the wheel is not employed, but the stick projects sufficiently to protect the hand, and is generally forked at the top. Now for the Arrow as prepared for the blow-gun. The wild cotton, to which Waterton alludes, is soft, yellow in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for reada
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