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Show ARROWS MADE TO "WHISTLE" Ingenious Device Employed by the Chinese in Their Conduct of Military Examinations. In the Chinese collection at the American Museum of Natural History are to be found some unusually fine specimens of whistling arrows. These were sometimes known as "drum arrows" ar-rows" and were employed. In connection connec-tion with the drum bow, by the Chinese In military examinations. The arrows are made of wood, about three feet In length, have three rows of feuthers extending up about a foot from the end and have heads composed of bone or wood In which are apertures, so arranged ar-ranged that as the arrow passes through the air, the wind enters these hnlna and nrnrillfpl tllBnl OP (led) liyi o t. v i ' - - r sound, according to the-size of the boles. The drum bow used with these arrows ar-rows was shot on foot at a target consisting con-sisting of six concentric leather rings, alternately red and white with a yellow yel-low center. The candidate had to shoot his arrow so that It would pierce the target. It was not counted If It merely touched the target. |