?38 SUR3?Y O1? ? Ih'?E1tTROPICAL ?. pm?able ? ?ey ? '? m? ?s? ?Sl. e?n ? sw?ng. Ca?n ?ders is ?s- ?en in s?t?g ?t ?e na?ves d ?s p? do n? u? ?e ?g-?; but it is p?b?le �ey did n? produce ?ose i?enm ? ?, ?r fear d being depdv? d ?em, for it r?u? mu& per.sion on our p? W preyaft u? ? to let u? have ?y; ?ey were mu? mo? ?. ge?ously fom? ? ?e? ?t ? h? pr?i- o?ly ?en, ?d ?fferent ?o, in ?ng a s? sh?? she?, or pi?e d q?, ? h a ?m?y knob at ?e ?e, for ?e ?e of ?pi? ? ?in? of ?e s?: ?e ? iS broW, sm?h ?d fiat. Some of ?e ?g- sfi&s, or "?," were ? ?&? br? ?d two f?t s? ? lo?. ?e foHow? is a ?. presen?fion of ?is ?tmment ? The spears are yery slender, and arg made from a species of leptOs?rmum that grows abun. dandy in swampy places; they are from ,?ine to ten feet long, and barbed with a piece of hard wood, fastened on by a ligature. of bark gummed o?er;? we saw nohe that were not barbed, or had nVt a hole at the eficl to' receive
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