. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . a tube the blowgun. r -, , , £ r- of wTood about four or fivefeet long-. The arrow is light andsharply pointed, tipped with metal ifthe maker possesses it. The shaft issupplied with a bit of cotton or punk,whereby it is fitted closely and yet easilyto the
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . a tube the blowgun. r -, , , £ r- of wTood about four or fivefeet long-. The arrow is light andsharply pointed, tipped with metal ifthe maker possesses it. The shaft issupplied with a bit of cotton or punk,whereby it is fitted closely and yet easilyto the tube. The arrow is dischargedfrom the gun with a puff of the darts to its object with a rapidity andprecision equally surprising. For thesmaller kinds of game, such as ordinary birds, the hunter uses the natural arrow,and the object is brought down by thewound; but for larger game, such asmonkeys, a poisoned arrow is used. The traveler Morris has described themethod of collecting, from a vegetablesource, the peculiar bane into which theSouth American hunter Preparation and dips his arrowtip. Thepoi- effects of the .. , , . -, arrow-bane. son is collected and carried,wax-like, in a small cup. The pecul-iarity of it is that it is almost instantlyfatal to all animal life, but leaves no traceof poison in the The animal. TAPAJOS TYPE—A TOBAS by Riou, after a sketch of Novis. wounded with a baned arrow, thoughbut slightly scratched, perishes a fewmoments .afterwards without a Indians using this powerful agentknow no antidote therefor. Sometimesthey have the misfortune by the glanceof an arrow to wound themselves. Whenthis occurs the hunter knows that hisfate is sealed; he sits down quietly bythe root of a tree and in a few momentsis dead. Some of the Amazonian tribes have a 1 The effect of the South American arrow-bane onanimals seems to be closely analogous with that ofour prussic acid.
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