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S4 Woodcnilt Majmal for GIrit (3) Two spears with six-inch steel heads and wooden handles (about three feet long). The points should be sharp, but not the barbs. Sometimes the barbs are omitted altogether. Each head should have an eyt to which is attached twenty feet of one-quarter-inch rope. On each rope, six feet from the spear- head, is a fathom mark made by tying on a rag or cord. (3) Two boats with crews. Each crew consists of a spear- man, who is captain, and one or two oarsmen or paddlers, of whlJi the after one is the pilot. All should be expert swhnmers or else wear life belts during the game. The game. Each boat has a base or harbor; this is usually part of the shore opposite that of the enemy; or it obviates ail danger of collision if the boat starts from the same side. The sturgeon is left by the referee's canoe at a point midway be- tween the bases. At the word "Go!" each boat leaves its base and, making f( r the sturgeon, tries to spear it, then drag it by the line to the base. When both get their spears into it the contest becomes a tug of war until one of the spears pulls out. The sturgeon is landed when the prow of the boat that has it in tow touches its proper base, even though the spear of the en- emy is then in the fish: or it is landed when the fish itself touches basie if it is also in tow at the time. The boats change bases after each heat. Matches are usually for one, three, or five sturgeon. Points are counted only for the landing of the fish, but the referee may give the decision on a foul or a succession of fouls, or the de- lii.quent may be set back one or more boat-lengths. Sometimes the game is played in canoes or boats, with one player as spearman and crew. Rules: It is not allowed to push the sturgeon into a new po*i- tion with the spear or paddle before striking. It is aUmoeu to pull the sturgeon tmcm* the boat or pass it around by using the line after spearing. It is allowed to lay hands on the other boat to prevent a col- lisimi, but otherwise it is fort>idden to touch the other boat or crew or paddle or spear or line, or to lay hands on the fish or to touch it with the paddle or oar, or touch your own spear while