Show arthe EYESIGHT OF SAVAGES ES keenness of vision due to knowledge of the me universally acknowledged acknowledge cl keenness of eye eyesight eight possessed by savages es was made etue subject of scientific investigation vesti gation during the cambridge an expedition to torres straits at was founie th thattie atthe that iho natives could distinguish objects and their at a much 43 reater greater distance than the members of the expedition could and a careful test showed that this is due not so much to stronger vision as to a knowledge of the surroundings soundings roun dings when a european becomes familiar with these he can see as far as they can thus a knowledge of df what to for is a wonderful help hel p to the eye the rhe indian from our West can fella tell a male from a female deer so far off that the antlers anglers cannot be seen but that is attributed to th the e indians knowledge of the jpe p culiar eg altof the male |