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17, 18, and 19, are Figures of Patta-pattoos, or War-bludgeons. They have holes in the handles of them, through which a string is passed and tied round the wrist when they make use of them. Numbers 17 and 19, are made of wood; the former is about fourteen inches long, and the latter twelve. Number 18 is about fourteen inches in length, made of a hard black stone, a kind of basaltes, and similar to the stone of which the Otaheiteans paste-beaters and hatchets are made.
20. Is a kind of Battle-axe, used either as a lance or as a patta-pattoo. The length of these is from five to six feet. The middle part of them is very ingeniously carved.
21. An Ivory Needle, made of the tooth of some large marine animal, with which they fasten on their cloaks. This is about six inches 3/8 in length; but they have of various sizes; and some of them are made of the circular edge of the ear-shell mentioned in No. 1.
22. An Instrument made of the bone of some large animal, probably of a grampus, which is used sometimes as a paddle, and at others as a patta-pattoo, and is about five feet long.
23. A Wedge or Chisel, made of the green stone, or Poonammoo, as they call it, and sometimes of the Basaltes. These wedges they sometimes tie to a wooden handle, and then use them as hatchets and hoes. They are of various sizes, from one to eight inches in length.
24. A Whistle, made of wood, having the out-side curiously carved. Besides the mouth-hole they have several for the fingers to play upon. These, which are worn about the neck, are three inches and a half in length, and yield a shrill sound.
Plate XXVI. Various Kinds of Instruments Utensils &c, of the Inhabitants of New Zealand, with some Ornaments &c, of the People of Terra del Fuego & New Holland.
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