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the ends. Four slices make a bow. it being jointed. 

 Another piece of horn is laid on the center of the bow 

 at the grasp, where it is glued fast. The whole is then 

 filed down until it is perfectly proportioned, when the 



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Fig. 1. Sinew-backed Bow and Quiver from the Blackfoot and a 

 ( < 'mpound Bow of Mountain Sheep Horn from the Xez Perce. 



