. The book of woodcraft . corner. Do not move the left hand ahairs-breadth till the arrow has struck. Begin practising at very short range and slowly increaseup to the standard, forty yards. Unstring the bow when not in use. THE WARBOW OF THE PENOBSCOTS This warbow (Tong-bi) is as shown to me by Big Thun-der, the Penobscot Chief, at Boston Sportsmans Show,December 12, 1900. He was then seventy-seven years ofage, perfectly straight, and six feet four inches in height. He said that the bow had been in his tribe for over twohundred years; fifty-five years ago it was put in his chargeby his uncle,
. The book of woodcraft . corner. Do not move the left hand ahairs-breadth till the arrow has struck. Begin practising at very short range and slowly increaseup to the standard, forty yards. Unstring the bow when not in use. THE WARBOW OF THE PENOBSCOTS This warbow (Tong-bi) is as shown to me by Big Thun-der, the Penobscot Chief, at Boston Sportsmans Show,December 12, 1900. He was then seventy-seven years ofage, perfectly straight, and six feet four inches in height. He said that the bow had been in his tribe for over twohundred years; fifty-five years ago it was put in his chargeby his uncle, the late Chief John Nepta. It is made of hornbeam in two pieces, loosely joined,with an auxiUary piece in front (AA), to which are attached 482 The Book of Woodcraft two long thongs of caribou rawhide. This extra piece isbound to the arms of the main bow by a somewhat looserawhide wrapping. The string is three strips of rawhide, two of them looselytwisted together, the third tightly wrapped around both. Penobscot Omaha bow, bowcase and quiver. The bow is 5 feet 6^ inches long, and pulls not more than25 pounds, perhaps only 20. It seemed to me a very slowbow. Yet the Chief told me it had killed many men and ani-mals. He had recently shot a two-year-old moose with it.
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