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Sir James Crichton- Browne 



[May 3, 



right-handed toxophilites do it to-day, and in which the wielding of 



the axe by the right hand is also seen. 



Throughont another civilisa- 

 tion as wonderful if not as ad- 

 vanced as that of Greece — that of 

 Assyria, with its mighty and 

 luxurious cities and splendid 

 canals, its acquaintance with 

 transparent glass and the mag- 

 nifying lens, its manufactures, 

 its art, which for grace, correct- 

 ness and delicacy of execution 

 excels everything known in 

 Asiatic art — throughout the 

 Assyrian civilisation from first 

 to last we have uninterrupted 

 right-handedness. 



Here we have (Fig. 4) Ashur 

 Bani Pal, about 650 B.C. — a 

 sculpture vindicating the use of 

 the left hand for the bow, the 

 right for the arrow, the left for 

 the shield, and the right for the 

 spear, and the wearing of the 

 sword upon the left thigh to be 

 ready for the right hand. 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 5. 



In the next illustration (Fig. 5) the ceremonial use of the right 

 hand by the priests is shown forth. You will notice that the wand is 



