. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. etting of hide thongs, much like thoseof a racquet —indeed, the French Canadiansuse the word u raqueV to represent the snowshoe. As the snow shoe is about five feetin length and eighteen inches or more inbreadth, it is evident that the weight of thewearer is distributed over a large surface,and that a heavy man wearing th
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. etting of hide thongs, much like thoseof a racquet —indeed, the French Canadiansuse the word u raqueV to represent the snowshoe. As the snow shoe is about five feetin length and eighteen inches or more inbreadth, it is evident that the weight of thewearer is distributed over a large surface,and that a heavy man wearing these shoescan pass with impunity over snow in whicha child would sink if only supported on itsfeet. The most ingenious part of the snow shoeis the mode by which it is fitted to the is evident that if it were fastened tirmly tothe foot, like the sole of a shoe, the wearerwould be unable to stir a step. The move-ment of a snow-shoe wearer is somewhatanalogous to that of a skater, the shoe beingslid over the snow, and not raised and de-pressed like shoes in ordinary walking. Ifthe reader will refer to the illustration, hewill see that in the middle and toward theforepart of the shoe there is a square open-ing, edged by thongs, very much stron£erthan the SNOW SHOE. (From my collection.) Just behind the opening is a triangularspace-crossed by parallel thongs. When theshoe is to be worn, the foot is placed on it sothat the heel rests on the parallel thongs,and the centre of the foot is supported bythe thick cross-thong, call the bimikibi-son, the toes passing into the square open-ing, which is called the eye of the shoe. Inorder to keep the foot in its place, twoleathern loops (not shown in the figure) areattached to the bimikibison, one of whichpasses over the instep and the other comesround the heel. As, therefore, the wearer moves along,the feet play freely on the bimikibison, theheels coining down at each step on theparallel thongs, while the toes move up anddo
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