832 General Notes. [ September, 
elements, factors in the mixture, have long ago disappeared in 
the general fusion. 
M. Netto’s contribution occupies more than half of the volume 
and is rich in material for future study. 
ornamental pottery. One of the interesting and useful character- 
istics of this people was the symbolical representation of the 
human head, which the author of the paper regards as portraitures 
of the people. Many pages of the memoir are occupied with the 
description of the markings on this pottery. 
mong the works of the mound-builders of the Amazon are 
innumerable characteristics which recall the works of mound- 
builders of the Mississippi valley as well as those of the civilized 
peoples further south. Through much of M. Netto’s comparative 
work we are unable to find our way, lacking the material, but 
every archeologist will be delighted with his figures and descrip- 
tions of stone implements. The existence of nephrite specimens 
among the objects from the shell-heaps and mounds is penn 
confirmation of the belief that all implements of this materia 
found in America are of American origin. 
MANUFACTURE oF Bows AND ARROWS AMONG THE Nee 
(Hura) AND Kenucx (Kiamatu) Inprans.—The bow-makers 
both these tribes are specialists, and the trade is now confined to 
a very few old men. I have here seen no man under forty years 
of agetthat could make a bow or an arrow, and only one old man 
who could make a stone arrow-head. 
To make a bow, the wood of a yew sapling two anda halft? 
three inches in diameter is selected and rough hewn to shape, at 
heart side inward and the back carefully smoothed to the wae x 
the back of the bow. The sinew is laid ae ja pas a 
green, and held in place until dry by means of a twine F 
In this condition itis hung in thé ieat house until the wood as 
thoroughly seasoned, when it is finished and strung, and in SO af 
cases the back varnished and painted. .The most delicate pie i 
the operation is to get the proper tension on the sinew bac a 
If too tight the wood crimps or splinters when the bow 1s eae 
and a lack of proper tension leaves the bow weak and wort three 
When the bow is seasoned it has a reverse curve of about 
inches, he 
_ The sinew for the backing and bow-string is taken from. £ 
back and the hind leg’of the deer at the time of killing, an¢ í pped 
for future use. When required it is soaked until pliable, -a E 
Into fine and laid on by commencing at each end an 
