Show r ARR ARROWS WS' WS MADE TO WHISTLE M Ingenious Device Employed by the Chinese In Their Conduct of Military Examinations In the the Chinese collection at the American Amt Museum of Natural History r are re to be Le found some unusually tine floe t t l whistling arrows These were sometimes known as 81 drum arrows ar Ill rows and were employed in connection connee connee- tion with the drum bow by the Chinese In military examinations The arrows are made marle of ot wood about three feet teet In length have three rows of oC feathers extending up UI about n a foot toot from the end and have heads composed of ot bone or wood In which are apertures so arranged ar- ar ranged that as the arrow orrow passes I through the air the wind enters these holes and produces a sharp or deep sound according to the size of ol the holes The drum bow bov used with these ar or was shot on foot at nt a target con con- i u t slating of six concentric leather leother rings s J alternately red and white with a 0 yellow yel yel- I low center The candidate had hat to arrow so that It would pierce if v the target torget It was not counted If It F a f merely touched the target |