. Bulletin. Ethnology. 12 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY tsmx. 91 163. At end of section add: Kayser gives the following: Hulk's medical knowledge continually gains more confidence among our fellow travelers [Trio], one of whom consults him for deafness. Two birds' eggs that the patient held in his hand the doctor had already regarded as the honorarium in- tended for him, but here he made a mistake. When the latter, by way of demon- stration, held up his watch to the defective ear, the patient all of a sudden swal- lowed both eggs, shell and all, not without some diflBculty, and at the same time
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 12 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY tsmx. 91 163. At end of section add: Kayser gives the following: Hulk's medical knowledge continually gains more confidence among our fellow travelers [Trio], one of whom consults him for deafness. Two birds' eggs that the patient held in his hand the doctor had already regarded as the honorarium in- tended for him, but here he made a mistake. When the latter, by way of demon- stration, held up his watch to the defective ear, the patient all of a sudden swal- lowed both eggs, shell and all, not without some diflBculty, and at the same time mumbled a few unintelligible words. (KAY, 482.) 167. Page 183, line 6, after JO), add: I have seen these same people use a detachable double-barbed iron-tipped arrow (sec. 143) for such game. The Akawai of the Wena-. FiGURE 8.—Fall-trap for labba, etc., on the Demerara River. (Sec. 161.) a. Heavy plank, weighted with a stone, s; b, loop; c, catch stick; d, crossbar; ee, vertical forks; /, bait stick mu, after sticking the animal in this way, complete the killing with a spatulate-tipped wooden spear (sec. 147). At end of section add: of which the legend, describing it as a trap, is somewhat misleading. 168. At end of section add: Neither Melville nor I have ever seen or heard of deer being caught by stretching a net across the runway and setting fire to the grass in front. ''The deer run into the net, and are killed by men who are hidden near ; (FAA, 53; FAC, 45.) One must cut off the snout (or rather, cut out the lachrymal glands) of a stag or deer as soon as it is killed; otherwise it will stink within the next two or three hours, giving off such a nasty stench that it has to be thrown away at once. (BER, ch. xix.) This is stUl done. The "hoof" glands are likewise immediately cut Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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