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great work which each has undertaken, and any one of which 
would be far too burdensome for any scientific association in 
America to ‘carry. 
VOCABULARY OF ArCHERY.—In a former number of the Natu- 
RALIST Mr. John Murdoch kindly furnished us with a vocabulary 
q of the harpoon. We give below a vocabulary of archery, hoping 
3 that all who are in sympathy with us in establishing accurate 
nomenclature for the various branches of anthropology will aid 
in adopting these terms, or at least will state their objections if 
they have any. No claim whatever is made to originality in | 
most of the terms. Dr. John Evans, the Encyclopaedia Britan- 
' nica, Professor Morse, Mr. Murdoch, Hansard and others have 
: been freely consulted. The list of words given below includes 
3 the bow, the arrow and the arrow-maker’s outfit. No discrimi- 
nation is made between ancient and modern archery, as it is de- 
signed to include the whole life- -history of this species of human 
activity in the same manner that a zoologist would monograph 
species of animals: 
ARCHER, old French eigi Latin arcarius, from arcus, a bow, one who shoots 
with a bow; whence archery, shootin ng with the bow 
Snn, The Dai in releasing, revolve the iwi in the left a aguardis > | 
rn on the outer side of the forearm to catch the blow of the i 
issil he possible p are the hest N si 
sect shaft or stele, feathering, nock, pete seizings. 
ARROW CEMENT, substance used in fastening the arow-head to the shaft. A nik 
bes use glue or cement in maki ing the sinew-backed os 
ARROW-HEAD, the part of an arrow designed to produce a ras eS of thé, nc 
aip Shue arrow-head are the tip or apex, faces, sides, base, s or ang 
acets, 
ARROW-STRATGHTENER, a piece of bone, wood or avy with a perforation to serve’ 
wrench in straightening arrow-shafts, aes 7 
Bace (side), the part of the bow away from the h 
CKED, a bow i is backed ria along the PIPAS are pE strips of wood, sinew 
crease the elasticity. ee 
rant, the strap sippa ng a quiver or sheath, being worn over one shoulder, ase 
Cross the ane and under the opposite arm; generally much ornamented, ae 
Bastar, the piece of ivory, &c., on some arrows attached to the true head and 
: barbs on the sides. This should be raat discriminated from the 
foresh which - another. fenekek altoget ee 
i w-head, the portion which fits into ri shaft. gat 
a Berty (inside), u the part of a bow toward the archer, usually rounded. 
» an elastic weapon for sy an arrow from a string. (See self-bow, compound 
bow, backed bow, grafted w.) 
Bow.case a long bag of wood, pera or cloth; in Greg the bow is kept when not 
Bow stave, the bow in a rough state. Bow-staves were an important item of com- ; 
Bown prior to the use of gunpowder. l 
k moaia the distance to which an arrow flies cee a bow 
ipri Aa pute d rajes in discharging a bow. The substances used, the method ; 
Bow treatm nt and of nocking are important to notice. 
Py oon, the aubstanves used for bows, generally wood, but horn, antler, bone and 
_ metal have been employed 
