of sine 

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 Tliis a 

 .I's toy 

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for sale, by a lad about tliirteeii 

 or fourteen years old. 



Fig. . '578 (No. .")(!( ;s7 |is|| iVoiii 



1 .;' ,^ ' rtkiavwin) is another i.hiytliiiig 



] ■:-''' ';, // rather coinniou with tiie boys, 



J ■ . 'V which takes the phice of the 



J^ Anierieau boy's "bean snapper." 



/ It is known by the name of niiti'- 



1 ^/■/ gbgann, and is arodof ^ 



whalelione, stiff and A 



blaclv, 4-S inches long "; \ 



and ()"•") wide, narrowed 



and bent sharply up for 



about an inch at one 



Kir -)77-wiiiMin-s,Hi •^"^^' <-^" the Upper side 



of this end, close to the 

 tip, is a little hollow, large enough to hold a small pebble, ^ 

 and the other is cut into sharp teeth. This is i)urely an instru- ^2 

 ment of mischief and is used for shooting tiny pebbles at peo- 

 ])1(" wiien they are looking the other way. Mufiialu showed 

 us, with great glee, in an expressive pantomime, how a boy 

 would hit a person in the eye with a little pebble, ami. when 

 the man turned round angrily, wcmld have the sua]iper slipjicd 

 u]) his sleeve and be ooking earnestly in another direction. 

 The toothed end, he said, was for mischievously scratching ^^^ _^ 

 hairs out of a man's coat when he was looking another way. c.i.m.s.i.ip- 

 The "snapper" is used asfoHows: It is held in the left hand, '"' 

 a little i)ebble is set in the socket, and the tip of the whalebone bent 

 back with the right hand. When this end is let go the elasticity of 

 the whalebone drives the |>ebl)le at the mark with considcriibl<> force. 



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Ls far as I can learn th 



levous toy is p( 



the >.'orth west. 



