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The ascent of the balls was remarkable for their direct flight. The donor stated that when a bird was struck by them that they wind about the wings and neck and bring it to the ground at once.
Another very ingenious contrivance for killing animals he brought a model of of which the following figure and description will give an idea.
[[picture of a device]]
The main part(1) is a wooden cylinder through which are passed a [[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]] number of strong, deer sinew cords passing around the two cross bars at the ends, in the middle of the cylinder a slit is cut and a strong piece of bone with an iron or ivory part in its outer end is inserted and works as
on a hinge the end in the cylinder is under the cords which are parallel and form a flat spring which as the bone lever(2) is lifted tend to throw it back again with force.  The lever 2 is drawn back to the opposite side of the slit and kept there by means of a pin projecting from its side as sketched  The ivory pin(3) is put into the hole in the ivory block(3) and then they stand at right angles when the pin in the lever is placed in the angle, the head of the pin(3) pointing toward the cylinder; to the head of this pin is attached a string leading through the slit in the cylinder and attached to a piece of meat at 5. Other pieces of meat are scattered about, the