The third and largest weapon is that called _katteelik_, with which the
walrus and whale are attacked. The staff of this is not longer, but much
stouter than that of the others, especially towards the middle, where
there is a small shoulder of ivory securely lashed to it for the thumb
to rest against, and thus to give additional force in throwing or
thrusting the spear. The ivory point of this weapon is made to fit into
a socket at the end of the staff, where it is secured by double thongs
in such a manner as steadily to retain its position when a strain is put
upon it in the direction of its length, but immediately disengaging
itself with a sort of spring when any lateral strain endangers its
breaking. The siatko is always used with this spear; and to the end of
the allek, when the animal pursued is in open water, they attach a whole
sealskin (_h~ow-w=ut-t~a_), inflated like a bladder, for the
purpose of tiring it out in its progress through the water.
They have a spear called _~ippoo_ for killing deer in the water. They
describe it as having a light staff and a small head of iron; but they
had none of these so fitted in the winter. The _n=ug~uee_, or dart
for birds, has, besides its two ivory prongs at the end of the staff,
three divergent ones in the middle of it, with several small double
barbs upon them turning inward.
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