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Show SHOOTING FISH IN GUIANA Native Indians Still Adhere to Use of Bows and Arrows In Thlt Sport. Although the Gulann Indians nil use guns for hunting game, thoy still adhere ad-here to hows nnd nrrowit for Killing Jlsh, and employ blow-gun 1 and wour-nll wour-nll poisoned dnrt for hecurlng birds nnd small animals. The bows nro usually of letterwood, about fle feet In length, nnd very powerful. Tho nrrows vary according to tho purpose pur-pose for which they nro designed; but nil nro low? from five to six feet with shnf ts of nrrow-cane nnd n shank of hardwood fitted at ono end. This piece Is tipped by n Btecl point or head which Is flxod Immovably if the arrow Is for shooting birds or small llsh; or, if used for killing turtle nnd Inrge fish. Is equipped with a socketed head, nttached to a long, strong, cotton cot-ton line. When n largo fish Is strnck, the shaft floats frw from tho socketed sock-eted head, which acts ns a toggle, and turns nt rlcht ancles when 11 strnln Is put on the lino, Ity menus of this hnrpoon-llko nrrnngemont tho flh or tuitlu Is hnnlcd In. Neither fish nor turtle nrroirs nro feathered, hut thnso used In hunting birds nro prolded with two feathers which seem far too small to servo nny useful purpose. With these simple weapons tho Indians In-dians creep nlong the rocky edges of the sti earns nnd eddies nnd with mnr-vclnus mnr-vclnus dexterity shoot the fish which only their hawklike eyes can discern deep bcuentli tho ttirfnce. Nnkcd, save for n lap, or loin-cloth, the hunter hunt-er stands motionless as n statue, with drawn bow nnd poised arrow, nnd, If no llsh nro lslblo within range, he "calls them" by u peculiar beckoning motion of his hnnd nnd n low whistle Whe'luT or not tho llsh nctunlly re-sp'-nd to this command I cannot sny, Ait th" Indians nlllrm thnt they do, nnd, when this method fnlls, the miv-oges miv-oges resort to attracting tho llsh within with-in rnngo by throwing certain pods nnd seeds Into the water. A. Hyatt Vcr-rill Vcr-rill In Harper's Magazine. |