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used with the statement that it [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is used only by the people where he was born which is on the Koviag peninsula near Cape Pr. of Wales. 

The missile is used for killing geese and by a suggestive pantomime he took the missile and holding the balls carefully in his left hand with the strings straight and not entangled, he then took the other end and passing his third finger through the loop he crouched as though watching the approach of a flock of geese and then straightening [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] the strings by drawing on the balls with his left hand he suddenly sprang to his feet at the same time and with marvellous rapidity [[strikethrough]] ali [[/strikethrough]] gave the ball two rapid swings and to our astonishment sent them fully 60 yards into the air with such swiftness that their course could scarcely be traced. As they began to lose their impetus the balls which had heretofore kept a nearly parallel course, spread apart and commenced a kind of gyratory movement and as the stopped an instant before descending the balls stood out on every side then they turned and fell to the ground. During their ascent and descent until within a few feet of the ground the balls did not appear to interfere with each other yet on picking it up the strings were found in a most intricate tangle that occupied agnapinks son for about twenty minutes to undo.