Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 68
mere force of the breath, to avery considerable distance. The natives of Macouslie, witha cane tube about twelve feet long, propel arrows with theirbreath, with such force and dexterity as to bring downdifferent sorts of feathered game, THE KITE. To construct the Kite, you must, in the first place,… … a little distance of its top; then notch the two ends of thebow, and fasten them to the upright by a string, which ismade fast at each of the ends, and turnedonce round the upright as a, h, c ; the stringmust then be carried up to the junction ofthe bow and straighter, and made fast at d,and thence…
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