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  PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES

  BY ALAN WRIGHT

  BILLY'S AXE

  OUR FLINT SCRAPER FOR SHARPENING AXES

  BILLY'S PLATE AND MUG

  SOME OF MY POTTERY

  SPEARHEAD

  BILLY'S BOW AND ARROW

  BILLY'S SCRAPER FOR ROUNDING ARROW SHAFTS

  CLAY SAUCEPANS, AND TONGS OF WOOD

  OUR PIG-STY

  KNIVES AND FORK

  CLAY PAIL, THE HANDLE OF A TOUGH ROOT, BOUND ON WITH SHRUNK HIDE

  BILLY'S PALM-LEAF HAT

  OUR SMALL HUT TURNED INTO A FOWL-HOUSE

  JUG WITH BENT-WOOD HANDLE, AND CUP

  THE BRUSH BILLY MADE, SHOWING ALSO THE MANNER OF IT

  COMB OF SPINES

  SPADE CUT OUT OF A LOG

  RAKE HEAD AND SCALLOP-SHELL HOE

  OUR WHEELBARROW

  OUR TABLE

  MY CHAIR AND BILLY'S STOOL

  OUR FISH-HOOKS

  OUR GAFF AND LANDING-NET

  OUR HARPOONS

  OUR CANOE

  OUR TRIPOD

  BILLY'S TOASTING-FORK

  OUR BASKETS

  OUR LAMP

  MAP OF PALM TREE ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _facing p._ 96