Handbook to the ethnographical collections . They are ofmedium height and fairly goodphj^sique, norare their intellectualpowers quite so low as was atone time supposed. In spite of the coldness of theclimate the Fuegians wear verylittle clothing, only a loin-cloth,with a loose skin to throw overthe shouldeiS. Necklaces of bone,dentalium and other shells areworn, and the head is adornedwith feather crowns. Theirhouses are made of boughs orskins laid over a pole framework,but a great part of their time ispassed in their narrow boats orcanoes, which are made either ofbirch-bark or wood, and alway
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . They are ofmedium height and fairly goodphj^sique, norare their intellectualpowers quite so low as was atone time supposed. In spite of the coldness of theclimate the Fuegians wear verylittle clothing, only a loin-cloth,with a loose skin to throw overthe shouldeiS. Necklaces of bone,dentalium and other shells areworn, and the head is adornedwith feather crowns. Theirhouses are made of boughs orskins laid over a pole framework,but a great part of their time ispassed in their narrow boats orcanoes, which are made either ofbirch-bark or wood, and alwayshave a clay fire-place in the these canoes they hunt sea-lions and large fish, formerlyrelying entirely on spears andharpoons headed with ])one, butnow using instruments of spears and harpoons, theyhave a sling for killing birds, andbows and arrows. The bow isplain, with a string of sinew;the arrows are commonly headedwith glass, like the spear-headsof the Australians, the woik beingdone by pressure with a bone E. U. a Fir;. from SouthAmerica. a. Bolus with stonoweiglits. Aryentiiio. h. Woodenchil). Britisli Guiaiia. c. Stone-lie;nlcd chih. Avinara. Ptru. 290 AMERICA tool aiul nut by percussion : but tiint is also used tur tlie points otweapons. The principal utensils are baskets, and water vesselsmade of Ijark. The Fuegians live principally on molluscs and tish ; the formerare eaten raw, the latter usually fried or stewed. When meat canbe procured it is eaten raw. Fire is obtained by striking- togethertwo pieces of pyrites (fig. 7 a).
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