 The wood immediately below the iron head is smeared with the poison. When the arrow is shot into an animal, the reed either falls to the ground at once, or is very soon brushed off by the bushes ; but the iron barb and poisoned upper part of the wood...  The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology - Page 1411873Full view - About this book
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1890 - 1018 pages
...immediately below the iron head is smeared with the poison. "When an arrow is shot into the animal, the reed falls to the ground at once, or is very soon brushed off by the branches, but the iron barb and poisoned part of the wood remain in the wound. If made in one piece,... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1890 - 950 pages
...immediately below the iron head is smeared with the poison. AVhen an arrow is shot into the animal, the reed falls to the ground at once, or is very soon brushed off by the branches, but the iron barb and poisoned part of the wood lemain in the wound. If made in one piece,... | |
 | David Livingstone, Charles Livingstone - 1865 - 664 pages
...Entire arrow nearly four feet long, and feathered. the hollow of the reed, which forms the arrow shaft. The wood immediately below the iron head is smeared...all, by the long shaft catching in the underwood, or striking against trees. The poison used here, and called kombi, is obtained from a species of atrophanthus,... | |
 | David Livingstone, Charles Livingstone - 1865 - 690 pages
...below the iron head is smeared with the poison. When the arrow is shot into an animal, the reed cither falls to the ground at once, or is very soon brushed...all, by the long shaft catching in the underwood, or striking against trees. The poison used here, and called kombi, is obtained .from a species of strophanthus,... | |
 | 1885 - 540 pages
...is shot into an animal, the reed either falls to the ground at once, or is very soon brushed offQby the bushes, but the iron barb and poisoned upper part...in the wound. If made in one piece, the arrow would of ten be torn out, head and all, by the long shaft catching in the underwood and striking against... | |
 | New Zealand Institute - 1880 - 580 pages
...the people of Australia or the Esquimaux. { Crawford : Vol. II., p. 25. § " The Zambesi," p. 466, or is very soon brushed off by the bushes ; but the...poisoned upper part of the wood remain in the wound. The poison used here, and called kombi, is obtained from a species of Strophenthus, and is very virulent."... | |
 | 1880 - 590 pages
...the people of Australia or the Esquimaux. { Crawford : Vol. II., p. 25. § " The Zambesi," p. 466, or is very soon brushed off by the bushes ; but the...poisoned upper part of the wood remain in the wound. The poison used here, and called kombi, is obtained from a species of Strophenthus, and is very virulent."... | |
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