. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . to it near one end, or a quantity ofclay is kneaded round it. At the loaded enda hole is made, into which is set a spear-head, sometimes that of a large assagai, butmostly a sort of harpoon like that which hasbeen described on page 341. A rope loop isthen fastened to the other end, and theweapon is ready. The hunter now goes toa hippopotamus track, and looks out for abranch that overhangs it. Gene
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . to it near one end, or a quantity ofclay is kneaded round it. At the loaded enda hole is made, into which is set a spear-head, sometimes that of a large assagai, butmostly a sort of harpoon like that which hasbeen described on page 341. A rope loop isthen fastened to the other end, and theweapon is ready. The hunter now goes toa hippopotamus track, and looks out for abranch that overhangs it. Generally he canfind a branch that will suit his purpose; butif not, he rigs up a sort of gallows on whichhe can suspend the armed log. When hehas found a convenient branch, he takes along rope, one end of which is fastened to astick, places the stick across the branc-h, andhangs the loop of the harjioon upon theother end. He next passes the cord rounda peg at the foot of the tree, about eighteeninches or so from the ground, draws it acrossthe path, and then makes it fast. The engraving No. 1, opposite, will ex- jtlain how the whole business is managed. I The tree on which the weapon is suspended. (363) TRAPPING THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 365 fs the man2;rove, a tree utterly unlike any ofthose which we have in this land. Theextraordinary vitality of this tree is wellshown by the sketch, which was made byMr. Baines. The trunk has been brokenoff, but the upper part has fiiUen againstanother tree and been supported by it. Ithas then thrown out a number of roots,which have descended to the moist ground,and give the tree a new support of its such a case, the branches that tend down-ward wither away and die, those that tendupward increase rapidly, while those thatproject sideways take a turn, and then curvethemselves upward. Examples of may be seen in the sketch. The mangrove is a self-sowing tree, andperforms this act in a very curious seeds are very long, and fu
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