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Show DEADLY WEAPON OF SAVAGES African Tribes Use Poisoned Arrows Which Inflict Death That Is Instantaneous. The most effective weapon of th Masai and Andorobo is the arrow which they poison with the Accan thern scbimpprl, a small tree, according accord-ing to a National Geographic society bulletin. They boll the leaves and branches until the mixture becomes thick and pitch-like In appearance, and place it on sheets of bark which they hide high on the branches of trees away from children, until it is needed When an animal Is shot with an arrow dipped In the poison, it dies almost immediately. im-mediately. The natives cut out th flesh around the wound as soon as possible pos-sible and throw It away. The remainder remain-der Is eaten and the blood is drank This love of blood as an article of food Is common among many African tribes several of them going so far as to bleed their cattle nnd drink the blood hot or mix it with their porridge. |