. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . hile that between theheel bar and heel of the snowshoe is finest of all. The netting between the bars holds the joints of theframes where they lap over each other. The toe and heel spaces of netting are held in place bythe line passing under the threads which are wrappedaround the liars from the netting between them, and againare fastened or slipped through loops of thread or liuewhich are let through the frame of the snowshoe. Near the center of the toe-bar is a space left in the nettingbetween the ba
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . hile that between theheel bar and heel of the snowshoe is finest of all. The netting between the bars holds the joints of theframes where they lap over each other. The toe and heel spaces of netting are held in place bythe line passing under the threads which are wrappedaround the liars from the netting between them, and againare fastened or slipped through loops of thread or liuewhich are let through the frame of the snowshoe. Near the center of the toe-bar is a space left in the nettingbetween the bars to admit the toes of the wearer and allowthem free action while walking. This space is semicircular and is in-closed by several strands of line i)assing over the toe-bar and formingloops, which have the diagonal lines of the netting passed around themand drawn tight. The snowshoe is held to the foot by a wide buckskin thong attachedat the semicircular space back of the toe-bar. The ends must be far FiQ. lan.—Snowshoe needle,Neuenot. BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLI. NENENOT SNOWSHOE - BEAVER-TAIL. TURNER. 5 SNOW SHOES. 311 enough apart to admit the width of the foot as far as the toes, andmust be then drawn down to prevent the foot from pushing too farforward and striking against tlie toe-bar. The loop xassing over thetoes must be slack enough to alh)w free movement of the foot. Whenthe strap suits the foot it is iiassed around the heel of tlie wearer andtied suffieiently tight to give ease and comfort. If too tight, theweight soon presses the tendon of the heel. If too loose, it drops downand the toe slips from under the toe baml. The single-bar snowshoes are not much used, because they are some-what difticult to make. They are of two styles. One has the bardirectly under the center of the foot. It is wide, and should be strongenough to sustain the weight of any wearer. The other style is wherethe single bar is at the front of the toes, which pattern dif
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