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25. Describe any foot-races that are run, horse-races, boat 
races, &c., with the distances and prizes. 26. Feats of agility, 
climbing, boxing, and wrestling. 27. Describe any games of 
stone-throwing, weapon-throwing, and arrow-shooting, with 
the distances and the size of the mark aimed at. 28. Describe 
any weapons used on these occasions, and state whether they 
are -used for amusement only, or for war as well. 29. Are rats, 
birds, or other animals shot for amusement ? 30. Aquatic 
sports, such as swimming-matches, shooting rapids, jumping 
from heights, diving, &c. 31. Equestrian feats, jumping on 
and off, standing up, shooting, jumping through hoops, &c. 
32. Note any of the foregoing sports that are unknown 
amongst the people. 33. What sites are selected for the 
sports—natural rocks, hollows, hill-tops, &c. 1 
A. L. F. 
No. LXVIIL—COMMUNICATIONS. 
The actual weights transported and the greatest work to be 
got out of man and beast week after week deserve accurate 
measurement, also the food they do it on (see XXV.). Marks 
like those made by gipsies or by scoring trees to show the road 
or to give hints to followers are worth inquiring into. Savages 
are accredited with an almost instinctive power of finding 
their way ; but many of the cases quoted are found to be 
less extraordinary than stated. It would be a matter of ex¬ 
treme interest to rigidly test the power of several renowned 
path-finders, by leading them in a circular path in a new 
forest and seeing how directly they are able to find their ways 
back in a straight line. 
1. Are there roads of any kind ? how made and preserved ? 
2. Does the roadway through bash and forest consist of a 
network of paths running in and out of each other. 
