The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . & < TOY GUNS, TARGETS, AND BOWS AND ARROWS 231 fortifications. The ballista (Fig. 229) was in reality alarge cross-bow, built to shoot long, heavy bolts or illustration shows a form mounted upon wheels forfield service. The cross-bow (Fig. 230) was a weaponused by the foot-soldiers of a number of European coun-tries. It was in use in England for some time, but, onaccount of the terrible wounds inflicted by its shortbarbed arrows, was finally forbidden and superseded bythe long-bow. Some ideas for the mak
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . & < TOY GUNS, TARGETS, AND BOWS AND ARROWS 231 fortifications. The ballista (Fig. 229) was in reality alarge cross-bow, built to shoot long, heavy bolts or illustration shows a form mounted upon wheels forfield service. The cross-bow (Fig. 230) was a weaponused by the foot-soldiers of a number of European coun-tries. It was in use in England for some time, but, onaccount of the terrible wounds inflicted by its shortbarbed arrows, was finally forbidden and superseded bythe long-bow. Some ideas for the making of toy shot-guns and pis-tols, worked by springs and levers much the same as the. Details of 231-233. — A Cross-bow. ancient guns, will be appreciated by the boy who isdenied the use of firearms. The schemes illustratedand described on the following pages will be found easyto carry out, and such as will furnish enjoyment for manya day in the woods or back-yard. Figure 231 shows a new idea for A Cross-bow. — The stock for this should be cut out ofa tongued-and-grooved board, with the groove running 232 OUTDOOR PASTIMES along the top, and a mortise should be made at A inwhich to set the trigger. This mortise should be abouttwo inches long and as wide as the thickness of theboard will permit, and is made by boring a couple ofholes through the stock at this point, and cutting outthe wood between with a chisel. Select a strong barrel-hoop for the bow, and fasten it at its centre in a hole cutfor it at B, driving a nail into it at C. The trigger shouldbe made similar to D in Fig. 232. Cut block E out ofa piece of tongued board, leaving the tongue to fit
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