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be placed on the accuracy of these figures, an interesting 

 relation is shown in the development of the secondary 

 from the primary release, as urged in the first part of this 

 paper. Possibly a proof that the primary release is in- 



Fig. 22. Assyrian. 



tended is shown in the fact that the arrows are represent- 

 ed with the nock end bulbous. 



On tablets in the British Museum of this intermediate 

 age, or during the reign of Tiglath Pileser, is the first rep- 

 resentation of an archer with the right side towards the 



Fig. 23. Assyrian. 



observer practicing the Mediterranean release: and on 

 slabs of the date of 650 B. C., one showing Assurbarni- 

 pal's second war against Elam, and another one represent- 

 ing the siege of the city of Al-ammu, a number of archers 

 with their right towards the observer are practicing the 

 Mediterranean release (Fig. 23). In the Mediterranean 

 release, which, as I have before remarked, is represented, 



