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The inhabitants of Chili are very dexterous in using the _laqui_, which they constantly carry with them on their excursions.
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They use the _laqui_ both in war and hunting; but that used in war has a ball, or weight fastened to one or both ends of the leathern thong instead of a noose.
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_laqui_, having a ball at each end, they can fasten a man to his horse, and effectually entangle both man and beast.
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[Footnote 106: The _laqui_ in use to the east of the Andes, at least so far as employed in war, has either a ball or stone at one or both ends.
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“The laqui is a strip of leather, five or six feet long, to each end of which is fastened a stone about two pounds weight. The huntsman, who is on horseback, holds one of these in his hands, and whirling the other, slings the string at the animal in so dexterous a manner that the stones form a tight knot around his legs" - Books on Google Play
Spanish America: Or A Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental and Insular; Illustrated by a Map of Spanish North America, and the West-India Islands; a Map of Spanish South America, and an Engraving, Representing the Comparative Altitudes of the Mountains in Those Regions, Volume 2
February 3, 2018