Chapter IX: 47. Horn of the Rhinoceros. (Author’s Coll.)

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48. Skull and Tusks of the Walrus. (Author’s Coll.)

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49. Weapon of the Sword-Fish; scale 1/2 inch to a foot. (Author’s
Coll.)

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50. Spear of the Narwhal; scale 1/2 inch to a foot. (Author’s Coll.)

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51. Section, showing part of the timber of the ship _Fame_, where
it was pierced by the narwhal in the South Seas, through 2-1/2-inch
oak. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.; presented by Lt. A. T. Tulloch, R.A.)

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52. Esquimaux Spear, from Greenland, armed with the spear of the
narwhal. 1/50. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.)

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53. Esquimaux Spear in the form of a fish, having fore-shaft
composed of a narwhal-tusk, inserted so as to represent the tusk of
the animal; scale 1/2 inch to a foot. (Author’s Coll.)

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54. Esquimaux Lance, pointed with a walrus-tooth. 1/20. (Mus. R. U.
S. Inst.)

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55. Esquimaux Tomahawk or Pickaxe, headed with a walrus-tooth.
1/20. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.)

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56. Arrow-head, probably from South America, headed with the point
of a deer’s horn. (British Museum, Christy Collection.)

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57. War-club of the Iroquois, called _Ga-ne-ú-ga-o-dus-ha_ or
‘Deer-horn War-Club.’ Lewis Morgan, _League of the Iroquois_
(Rochester, N.Y., 1851), p. 363.

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58. Club of the North American Indians, with a point of iron. 1/20.
(Mus. R. U. S. Inst.; presented by T. Hoblyn, Esq.)

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59. Arrow, from S. America, armed with the weapon of the ray,
probably _Trygon hystrix_. 1/2. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.)

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60. _a._ Spine of _Balistes capriscus, Cuv._, erect. Yarrell,
_British Fishes_ (2nd ed., London, 1841), vol. ii, p. 472. _b._
Horn of _Cottus diceraus, Pall_. Cuvier, _Animal Kingdom_ (1827),
s. v. _c._ Horn of _Naseus fronticornis, Lac._ Cuvier, l. c.

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61. Spear of the _Limulus_ or ‘King Crab.’

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62. Arrow, armed with the spine of the _Diodon_. 1/4. (Author’s
Coll.)

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63. ‘Khandjar’ or Indian Dagger, composed of the horn of the
buffalo, having the natural form and point. 1/10. (Author’s Coll.)

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64. ‘Khandjar’ of the same form, with metal blade and ivory handle.
1/10. (Author’s Coll.)

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65. ‘Khandjar’ of the same form, having both blade and handle of
iron. The handle is ornamented with the figures of a bird and some
small quadruped. 1/10. (Author’s Coll.)

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66. Dagger formed of the horn of the ‘sasin,’ or common antelope.
1/10. (Author’s Coll.)

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67. Dagger like fig. 66, but with the points armed with metal. 1/10
(Mus. R. U. S. Inst.)

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68. Dagger like figs. 66, 67, but composed entirely of metal, with
a shield for the hand. Similar shields are sometimes attached to
daggers like those in figs. 66, 67. 1/12. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.)

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69. Weapon composed of the horn of the antelope; steel-pointed;
supposed to be that used by the Fakirs in India. (Author’s Coll.)