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<f stretch by means of a stiff piece of stick,, cut 

 " just the length, so as to pinch a wedge 

 fc against the inside of the bow. This wedge 

 ff comes down six or eight inches,, and at its 

 (e lower end has a strong line fastened to it; 

 fc which, being carried across the pathway, for 

 ff perhaps twenty or thirty yards, and strained 

 ({ moderately tight, is there fastened to a 

 (f strong stake driven into the ground for the 

 (f purpose, if no sufficient bush be at hand. 

 " This being all done, the arrow is gently de- 

 " posited in its proper place. To give it the 

 fe requisite position before the cord was 

 4C stretched would be dangerous; as in setting 

 " the latter tfght, the wedge might be drawn, 

 " and the arrow be discharged at the operator. 



" The reader will, from this description un- 

 "" derstand, that the bow is firmly fixed; and 

 " that, the wedge introduced between the in- 

 Cf side and the extended string of the bow, ope- 

 (f rates as a lever; for when any power, such 

 tf as the step of a tiger, presses against the 

 <e string, and causes it to depart from its right 



