Show Eskimo slick Throolnr In the first place a throwing tttck throwing board or Spear thrower aa It U sometimes callml It a contrlv once for calling a javelin or harpoon which li I employed by arlout savage rice inch ai the Australians sonic South American tribe and especially by the IViklmo among whom Its use li I almost universal Roughly speaking It U a narrow grooved < baud A foot or no long with one end cut Into a handlo and the other provided with a stud or Spur for the butt of the spear to rest against 111 li used this Grasping the handle ai he would a sword the man Ate the shaft ot the spear Into the groove with Ihe butt retting against the mind Steadying the spear with the Anger Then extending his nnn and bending back Ills hand until the pear lies horizontal he aim at the mark nud propels the weapon by a quick forward for-ward jerk of the itlck In this way I have teen the Eskimo boys casting their forked Javelin at wouidcd waterfowl water-Fowl Ther li I a very largo number of itklmoi I throwing sticks In the Na tlonal museum at Wathlngton col curd from all the different branches of the race Throe have been carefully studied by Prof Oils T Mason ono of the curators of the ninienni and ho has found that theta Implement differ greatly from each other In their detail while nil are made on the lame genera plan For Instance one kind will have a plain handle while another will have projecting pegs or hole or sockets to give a firmer hold for Iho fingers and to on Popular Science Monthly |