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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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om which the illustration is taken. Eachof these balls weighs eighteen ounces, inspite of its small size, so that the weapon isa very formidable one. The thong to which the balls are attachedis nine feet in length, and is made in thefollowing manner: two pairs of thongs ofraw hide are cut, and, while they are stillfresh and wet, each pair is twisted togetherso as to form a two-stranded rope. Theseropes are again twisted into one, so that theaggregate strength of the four is enormous. Sound each of the balls is then laid a cir-cular piece of guanaco hide, with holesbored all round the edge. The ends of thethongs being passed through the holes andlaced tightly, the raw hide is drawn overthe balls, and encloses them in a sort ofpocket, as is seen by the enlarged figure inthe illustration. This specimen is one ofthe three-ball weapons. In this case a thirdthong five feet six inches in length has beentwisted, one end fastened to a ball, and theother interlaced with the strands of the first
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(2.) LASSOS.(Seepage 1197.) (3.) PATAGONIAN BOLAS. (Seepage 1174.) (4.) SPANISH BIT AND PATAGONIANFITTINGS. (See page 1174.) (1175) THE BOLAS. 1177 thong exactly at its centre. We have nowthe three - ball bolas, which is made insuch a manner that, when the thongs aregrasped at their points of junction, two ofthe balls hang at equal depths from thehand, and the third is just a foot belowthem. The bolas is to the Patagonian what thekris is to the Malay, the boomerang to theAustralian, the lasso to the G-aucho, the clubto the Fijian, and the bow to the Anda-maner. From early childhood upward noPatagonian is without this weapon, whichseems to him an absolute necessity of exist-ence. Generally he carries it twisted roundhis waist, like an officers sash of the oldendays, the balls dangling at the side like thetassels of the sash. It is, however, coiled on the body withsuch consummate skill that it can be castloose with a turn of the hand, the eye beingfixed on the object of attack, and in a

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