Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . 206. I he lookouts, like a flock of gigantic birdsperched in the rigging. •outs are stationed, andthere are usually severalmen aloft, who, fromafar, present the appear-ance of a flock of gigantic])irds perched in the rig-ging. From these pointsof vantage the sea can bescanned to a great dis-tance. In addition tothis provision for obser-vation, a platform, tech-nically known as the pul-pit, is attached to the ex-treme end of the bowspritfor the accommodation ofthe striker. The weaponlie wields for fastening to the fish is a harpoon with a detach-able head in combinat
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . 206. I he lookouts, like a flock of gigantic birdsperched in the rigging. •outs are stationed, andthere are usually severalmen aloft, who, fromafar, present the appear-ance of a flock of gigantic])irds perched in the rig-ging. From these pointsof vantage the sea can bescanned to a great dis-tance. In addition tothis provision for obser-vation, a platform, tech-nically known as the pul-pit, is attached to the ex-treme end of the bowspritfor the accommodation ofthe striker. The weaponlie wields for fastening to the fish is a harpoon with a detach-able head in combination with a long pole, which, with itsstout line and float, is copied in its entirety from the Esqui-maux sealing and fishing spear. Except for refinementsmade possible by tlie use of metal instead of bone, the em-])l()yment of rope in tlie place of rawhide, and the substitu-tion of a wooden keg for an inflated skin, the whole rig re-mains in the original form as conceived by primitive man. The team work which exists between th
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