Guns Of The Brazilian Indians

"Whilsi visHing Bi-azil, I saw lor the first timo tho blow gun of the Indiana oí' ilie country, callod by the S peinareis cerbatana, by the l'ortuguese guaiutana, and by the Iudiaira teenna, lt is made of any long, straigut piecé 6f wood of whicli bowti, cluüs and spears are usually made. The poll or siall' is abot eigllt leet in lengtli and twu inciies in the mouili, and tapering clown to halt an incli ai, the exlremii-y ; il is divided iongitudinally ;a canal is hollowed out aiongihü centre ol e ich part, wnicli is weü snwouied and polisiied by rubbing witli üue sand and wood. Thelwo pansare tbon brougbt toetlffer, mcely muliied wiili a lesin oi tlic iwcst to inaku it hard. A CÓuple i of buar's loeth ure liuod to oacii side oi' the mouth md. and onii of tbe cuivod teem ofasinall aiiiuial - reecinbling a cross uetweun a 8q.uü'rel and a liare - is placed on lliu top lor a sight. Tlic ari-ow is inaite of any kind of lignt wood, mostly ot' tbe wild cane, or üiü miadlu ü.ie ot a speuies oí pal 111 loaf, wbicli lts aLiout a loot iu ieugtb, aud the ttiickuéls oí a match. Thé und ot' the aiTow, wliiob is placed next tlie niuuLli, ÏI u ruppcd witu ii vory Jiglit kin.i 01' collón, whieli grows m a pod upon q m ie a Uirge tree, una is canea by me nalives kuimba ; md the utlier end, very sharply pointod, is dïppted in a vegetable poison prepaited uüm tiie juice ol'a beauthul cféejier calied bejuco de ambihuascu, ïnixcu with tj, oi-astronjt red yepper, or wliatevtr subsuuice the ladiaus knovv to be ueleterious. The iiiarksinan, when using hisccmd, ïnsteiid ofatreiching uuitlic raft hand aluiig liie body ot' ilie tuue, ph.ees it to his nioulh, by grasying it witli bolh hands UgUier close 10 i.lie moiith-pieou, in sucli a niaimei1 tnal it requires greai sirength of the arnw w hoid it out at all, mach more to hold it sieadily. il' a piot'cssional marksinan, he will kiil a bird al thirty Of í'oi'ty paces.