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BOLAS (plural of Span. bola, ball)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 158 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BOLAS (plural of Span. bola, ball) , a
South
  American Indian weapon of war and the chase, consisting of balls of stone attached to the ends of a rope of
twisted
  or braided hide or hemp. Charles Darwin .thus describes them in his Voyage of the Beagle: " The bolas, or balls, are of two kinds: the simplest, which is used chiefly for catching ostriches, consists of two round stones, covered with
leather
 , and united by a thin, plaited thong, about 8 ft.
long
 . The other
kind
  differs only in having three balls united,by thongs to a common centre. The Gaucho (native of
Spanish descent) holds the smallest of the three in his hand, and whirls the other two around his head; then, taking aim, sends them like
chain
  shot revolving through the air. The balls no sooner strike any
object
 , than, winding round it, they
cross
  each other and become firmly hitched." Bolas have been used for centuries in the
South
  American pampas and even the forest regions of the Rio Grande. F. Ratzel (History of Mankind) supposes them to be a form of lasso. The Eskimos use a some-what similar weapon to kill birds. Bolas perdidas (i.e. lost) are stones attached to a very short thong, or, in some cases, having none at all.


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