. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 231. The subject here naturally diverges and takes two separate paths. The projectile is loose aud is hurled by a stick or a sling; or it is at- tached to a string which flies with it. We shall consider these sepa- rately and in the order stated. The sling is an unimpressive object when hung up among a thousand other tilings in a collection, aud how many were overlooked by the writer at the Cente
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 231. The subject here naturally diverges and takes two separate paths. The projectile is loose aud is hurled by a stick or a sling; or it is at- tached to a string which flies with it. We shall consider these sepa- rately and in the order stated. The sling is an unimpressive object when hung up among a thousand other tilings in a collection, aud how many were overlooked by the writer at the Centennial it is not possible to say. The example, Fig. 31, was in the National Museum exhibit in the Government Building, having been obtained from the Navajoes of New Mexico. Slings are rarely used among this people at pres- ent, except by boys. They are, however, mentioned in the old account of the "Journey to the Seven Cities of ; There is no doubt about the antiquity of the device. It is mentioned frequently in the Hebrew writings, and is shown on the Egyptian4'1 and Assyrian The Roman sling was named from its funda or purse which con- tained the projectile. Besides its ordinary use for hurling stones, leaden balls (gla ndes) were used; these were ellipsoid- al plummets, often with inscriptions upon them, as "fir," for Jinn iter, " throw steadily "; Grecian bullets also, marked with the figure of a thunderbolt, or the inscription <5e£aj, "take this," have been found. Schliemanir0 recovered from the excavations at Ilissarlik sling-bullets of loadstone, copper, alabaster, and diorite. The fustibolus was a four-foot pole, which had a sling attached in the center, enabling both hands to be used in throwing. The sling is not so universal a weapon that a statement of the coun- tries where it is used becomes a mere geographical recitation. The Javan sling51 (bandring) is noticed by Sir Stamford Baffles. The. Fijians, as a
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