94 LULEAN LAPLAXD. 



rity with which one of the Laplanders hit 

 a small fly, which I had set up for a mark, 

 at the distance of thirty paces. 



The bow itself, a, a, a, made of steel, is 

 two feet and a half long, two inches wide 

 in the middle, gradually sloping off to the 

 extremities, which are only one incli in 

 width. Each end is rounded, with a notch, 

 where the cord is fixed, which, when the 

 bow is drawn, seems in danger of immedi- 

 ately slipping off, but it never does. The 

 whole bow when at rest makes a curve of 

 two inches ; when strongly bent it forms 

 one of seven. 



The cord b, fixed on at the ends b, b, is 

 made of twisted hemp, as thick as one's 

 finger, bound round with hempen threaci, 

 especially in the middle, where it is to re- 

 ceive the bolt. 



The stock c, c, made of wood ornamented 

 with inlaid work of bone, is two feet and a 

 half long, and half a palm broad, being half 

 an inch thick towards the top, and an inch at 

 the base. Its upper side is entirely covered 



