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Updated: May 25, 2025
The pan-shaped drag, attached to the extreme end of the long line securing the harpoon which Ootah had driven into the animal, became entangled in the lashings on the forepart of Ootah's kayak. Leaning forward, Ootah tried to disentangle it. He feared that the beast, in its struggle, might drag all his weapons and paraphernalia into the sea.
All the last-mentioned class, and also the Colt, have the ammunition loaded in belts containing two hundred and fifty rounds each. The Hotchkiss and Benet-Mercie use clips of from twenty to thirty rounds, while the Lewis is fed from a round, flat, pan-shaped magazine holding forty-seven rounds.
They are called by the natives oven-birds, because frequently seen on the pan-shaped leaves of the before-mentioned magnificent lily. The common jacana has a black plumage, with a greenish gloss. The legs are very long and slight, as are the toes and claws, especially that of the hind-toe, which is nearly straight.
They have two commonly employed transportation baskets, neither of which have I seen a man even so much as pick up. These are the shallow, pan-shaped lu'-wa and the deeper, larger tay-ya-an'. In these two baskets, and also at times in the man's ki-ma'-ta, the women carry the same things as are borne by the men.
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