MURDOCH. ] 



BOWS. 



197 



ncd: Our tVoiu 

 'III Siihivii. 



Nu.sil'.XM |7S<;| 

 lie tvp. th ui tl 



d.s.nptnni I 



fhci 



Niiwi 



issiiu rli 



one of tlie.sf hows wlioUy tin 



Three bows only were olit:i 



van (a lad's bow), and one IV 

 The bow from T"tkia\ win 



is in some res]i<'cts iiearci- 



two, and has liecii sclccti'd tn 



of the bow is a sinylc ))ii'( ( 



spruce driftwood .'{(ii inches 1 



flattened more on the back t 



tapered to tiie imcks. wlii( 1 



knobs, and nairowcd and rl 



The backinji- is of round thi 



onecontininms piece. Tlic s 



braid with a loo]) at each end 



knot in the standini;- ]iart, ] 



thisandtakinjijilialf hitch w 



part (Fi- ITS). Tlic nj.pcr l,M,p is i httl( tlu 1 lui i i 

 No. ,S!l-'t5 |L'.-.J (Fi- 17!(), lioni Nuwuk, is i full 

 sized man s bo\\ , which is ohl lud 

 las l)ccn loiu in use. It is of tin 

 same matdiil, and is 47 i iiKhts 

 ion.u-. its ^i< itest lu( idth is 14, a 



Fio. i78.-i.oop, It .11.1.. 1- inches, and it is s mdi thii k it 



bowstring. thchaiKih 1 1 is sluhtU 11 lUOW ul 



and fliinned oil' from the hiouhst put to about (. 

 inciies from each tip, and is tin n ^i idu dl\ thi< ki nc d 

 to the nocks and heiit U|. s,. fji it tin < nds m lU in 

 allele of about I.', witli the ln.w w li. nunstiiiiu lln 

 emls arc separate pieces tittid on it tin Ix nds The 

 eiidsoftliel)odyarecliamfei((lott I itn ilh to l\\(d^t i 

 which flits into a corresiiondin^ not( li in tin tud jiu ( < , } 

 making a scarf :! I inches loiu w iiidi is stii iutli< m d I 



. 1h11\ It IS 

 11 .lulislnp.d 

 It tli( Jinidl. 

 lid ot siiuw in 

 K.iind loin plv 

 t\iiu I Mll^h 

 (lid thioiuli 

 dtln stindiiu 



the great and aiijiarently unnccts&aij eomplicatiou ot the hitthtb. 



