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84 HOMER—METHODS OF FISHING<strong>the</strong>n, would last on in use, anglers being highly conservative,and I shall look out for it."Maspero,^ however, states, " Objects in bone and hornare still among <strong>the</strong> rarities of our museums : horn is perishableand is eagerly devoured by certain insects, which rapidlydestroy it," with which statement may be compared Od., XXI.395, " lest <strong>the</strong> worms might have eaten <strong>the</strong> horns " (of <strong>the</strong> bowof Odysseus).Finally <strong>the</strong> explanation first suggested by Mr. C. E. Haskins 2and adopted by Dr. Leaf, that KipaQ was an artificial bait ofhorn, appears to me as an angler and as having seen in <strong>the</strong>Pacific, but not used, " bait fish-hooks made of shell all in onepiece, of a simple hooked form without any barb," ^ to beperhaps <strong>the</strong> most likely solution of our problem.According to Mr. Haskins, Kipa

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