77/283 The notch was somewhat large, projecting beyond the line of the shaft--a construction rendered necessary by the thickness of the bowstring., which was seldom less than of the arrow it-self. 5.] The mode of drawing the bow was peculiar. It was drawn neither to the ear, nor to the breast, but to the shoulder. In the older sculptures the hand that draws it is represented in a curiously cramped and unnatural position, which can scarcely be supposed to be true to nature. |