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ured a Grecian vase of the fourth century B. C., on which 

 are depicted two releases which are probably the tertiary 

 form (Fig 51). On Plate xvm. of the same volume is 

 figured an archaic Etruscan vase on which a curious de- 



[Fig. 51. Grecian. 



lineation of an archer is given. The bow-hand is so well 

 drawn that one is almost inclined to imagine that some 

 mechanical device for releasing the arrow is intended by 

 the curious representation of the shaft-hand (Fig. 52). 

 Three other curious releases are shown in Figs. 53, 54 and 



Fig. 52. Etruscan. 



55, the latter copied from a Greek vase (black figures on 

 red) supposed to be of the sixth century B. C. All these, 

 though incorrectly represented, are probably intended for 

 the tertiary release. Fig. 56 is copied from a figure given 

 in Auserlesene Vaserbilder, representing a Greek vase of 



