Show r binl 11 THE patagonian NIAN SOLAS BOLAS effective Effect ir art by th the havre ravages 0 it aar kouth america Atner lea next to tho the boomerang in point of singularity ie as a mango weapon la tho to onlan tola bolas a ays tho the yow new york to look at tt it ono would bavo to ami id ae as ito its appearance Is against it s but lie its destructiveness la Is blynd question in a S wa sentence tenee tho the bola 1 consists const ste of two sometimes three throe balls bals at tho the onil of hide thongs thu jaan got goi ilan ans call tho the two ball alj bolac bomal and tho the throe ball bull weapon ft chico tho the balle balls are of stone and add are about ne as largo aa us cricket balls the ile stones uro are ground till they aro are rounded this work la is performed by tho the native women who are experts at tho the trade and who roay may bo be been seen at work at all 1111 home somo some bolas balle balls aro are ot of iron but those valued most aro are ol 01 copper tho the latter a smaller than tho itono balls and are more to tad bo do beirod as thoy they 1 1038 irom tho the air tho tariff tb jig la Is about nino nine feet in length and la Is madi of two pieces ol 01 rawhide raw hido which aro are dampened and aud thon then twisted together thoro are generally gon orally three of theme thongs and at thu end of each 1 Is a ball dono done up in a cover of hide not unlike our baseballs bue balls usually ono one of abo ie Is shorter than tha the other others eo so that at when the three lines aro are at tho the point of juncture ono one ball hangs loaa loas far down than tie its mates such ie Is the native weapon of the tall now how do they uso it generally the hunter carries it twisted round hie his walet waist like the sash ot of an officer tho the balls dangling at his eldo side liko like the tassel of A sash the ilia patagonian Is usually mounted like our comancho comanche indian and foeks his parao gume from the saddle when ho he sees his game and give gives hish orso the rela ho he unwinds tho the bolas by a single motion of hie his deft hand and grasps tho the thongs at the he point of union away go thol hunter lunter and anahis his game sometimes th tin 3 fleet ostrich at other agmes the equally awill gua naoom not a of the gumo does tho the miss lie ile bears boars down upon it like a whirlwind the ever ready bolas la in hie his hand when ho lie cornea come within hurling distano he whirls the nov noel el apon 0 ocr or hie his bead head till it ithac has gather rough trough centrifugal force to fie separate the balls when ho he launch it at the animal the balla balls whirling madly in their flight night reach and cwirn round the unfortunate fortunato un victim and speedily spec dily briar it dowa the chok ing powers of the bolas 1 render it tho the mast of all ull weapons used by sai sa ago age nations the tha balls draw the thongs tighter all au the time and once struck there is no escape for tho the the skill of Pata gordan bolas throw ers era ia man clous olous tho no weapon is as unerring as tho the arrow and just as deadly experts can fasten n rider to his horse w ith tho the bolas or bring down both man und and beast with a single weapon the object is to alwa 8 throw the bolas so that the thongs not the balls will strike the target aimed almed tit ut the flying balls do the rest complete the victory as it were in no other country is tho the bolas bcd and the patagonian onlan enjoys Vs the distinction of possessing a weapon dis 1 national in its 10 character and ove cven m more terrible than the boomerang |