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Old 19th January 2012, 11:29 AM   #1
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Facinating, in what year was it collected?
I was with a British miltary expedition to the Chagos in 1977/78 ... I landed on around 50 small islands in the archipelago .
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Could it be for hunting small wales perhaps?

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Old 20th January 2012, 12:16 AM   #3
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Hope you mean whales ... living near Wales as I do , that's a polically incorrect pastime ! Well I certainly saw plenty of cetaceans both large and small in the seas arond the islands and mant sharks . Nothing on land to hunt except the cow that once attacked me in the forest !
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Hope you mean whales ... living near Wales as I do , that's a polically incorrect pastime ! Well I certainly saw plenty of cetaceans both large and small in the seas arond the islands and mant sharks . Nothing on land to hunt except the cow that once attacked me in the forest !

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A 2 inch thick shaft seems like its for dealing with heavy prey.

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A 2 inch thick shaft seems like its for dealing with heavy prey.

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Yes I would agree... there is no history of whale fishing from the Chagos but there was much local shark fishing ... so perhaps for larger sharks ?
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