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1 274 1938.48. Avskrift. The Lake Rukwa Expedition 1937-38 78 Barton Road, Supported by:- Leader: V.E. Fuchs, M.A., Ph.i. The Royal Society St. John's Colle e The Royal Ceographical Society Cambridge ...
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1 274 1938.48. Avskrift. The Lake Rukwa Expedition 1937-38 78 Barton Road, Supported by:- Leader: V.E. Fuchs, M.A., Ph.i. The Royal Society St. John's Colle e The Royal Ceographical Society Cambridge Dear Professor Lindblom. In the paper by Lagerkrantz I was asto- nished to see the queer hook depicted in fig. 8 It is very similar to a gaff which I saw this year to the north of Lake Rukwa. There live a tribe who call themselves Warungwa (on the Run a River) who are really a branch of the Wanyam4ez One day I met q party of them, each man carryin a hook similar to that in figure 8 though barbe Never having seen any similar object, I enquire its use and origin, at the same time buying one of them. The man who sold me his gaff told me th t he made the hook himself and that everyone else Made thåir own as weil. understood that it wa used for gaff ing the sarger catfish after they had been speared and drawn near to the edge of the water. The nethod of use, doubtless known to yåu, was to hold the hook'tightly jammed int the end of the hollow shaft, the knotted end of the string being grasped in the hand together with the handle. On gaff ing the fish .with a sharp pull the string is released and the hooke fish twists helplessly at the end of the short cord. In this way only one hand is necessary for a large fish whereas if the hook were rigid in the end of the stick it would need at least two hands to control it, fflven if that were pos- sible. Yours sincerely, Fuchs [ocr]
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