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The boy's own book; (1834)

[Clarke, William], 1800-1838 · Boston, Munroe and Francis · leaf 29

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stone will be shot to 3great distance. Small lumps of clay kneaded to the point of a pliant switch,may be jerked to a height scarcely credible. 26 MINOR SPORTS. THE PEA-SHOOTER. By means of a tube of tin or copper, a pea may be propelled from themoutli, by the mere force of the breath, to a very… … THE KITE. To construct the Kite, yd*« must, in the first place, procure a straightlath of deal for the upriglit or straighter, and a thin hoop, or a pliant pieceof hazel for the bow or bender. Fasten the bender(i by its centre, witJi string, to the upright, within a little distance of its top ;…

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