can no other timber in these woods.

Just where the red heart and the white sap woods join is the
bowman's choice. A piece that reached from Rolf's chin to the
ground was shaved down till it was flat on the white side and
round on the red side, tapering from the middle, where it was one
inch wide and one inch thick to the ends, where it was three
fourths of an inch wide and five eighths of an inch thick, the
red and white wood equal in all parts.

The string was made of sinew from the back of a cow, split from
the long, broad sheath that lies on each side the spine, and the
bow strung for trial. Now, on drawing it (flat or white side in
front), it was found that one arm bent more than the other, so a
little more scraping was done on the strong side, till both bent
alike.

Quonab's arrows would answer, but Rolf needed a supply of his
own. Again there was great choice of material. The long,
straight shoots ol' the arrowwood (Viburnuin dentatum) supplied
the ancient Indians, but Quonab had adopted a better way, since
the possession of an axe made it possible. A 25-inch block of
straight-grained ash was split and split until it yielded enough
pieces. These were shaved down to one fourth of an inch tbick,
round, smooth, and perfectly straight. Each was notched deeply
at one end; three pieces of split goose feather were lashed on
the notched end, and three different kinds of arrows were made.
All were alike in shaft and in feathering, but differed in the
head. First, the target arrows: these were merely sharpened, and
the points hardened by roasting to a brown colour. They would