OTO REPRODUCTIONS OF BOWS.

PLATE
I. Head and nut of inlaid bow probably by Stradivari
to face page 32

II. Heads of three English bows showing evolution of design
to follow page 32

III. Heads of two violin, two viola, and one 'cello bow, by
IV. J. Dodd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to follow page 32

V. Heads of three violin bows and one 'cello bow, by
VI. Francois Tourte . . . . . . . . . . . . to face page 48

VII. Heads of bows by Lupot . . . . . . . . . . . to follow page 48

VIII. Two heads of bows by D. Peccatte and one by Panormo
to follow page 48

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

FIG. PAGE
1. Locust, showing action of hind leg in producing note . . . . 3

2. Assyrian Trigonon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3. Crwth bow from the Golden Porch at Freiburg . . . . . . . . 6

4. Ravanastron and bow (Indian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5. Uh-Ch'in and bow (Chinese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6. Omerti and bow (Indian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

7. Kemangeh-a-gouz and bow (Arabian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

8. Rebab-esh-Sha'er and bow (Arabian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

9. Sitara and bow (Persian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

10. Sarinda and bow (Bengalese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

11. Method of hairing some Egyptian bows . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

12. Saw-Tai and bow (Siamese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

13. Bow of Nyckelharpa (Swedish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

14. Bow of Saw-oo (Chinese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

15. Bow of the eighth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

16. Bow of the ninth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

17. Bow of the ninth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

18. Bows of the eleventh century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

19. Bows of the twelfth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

20. Bows of the thirteenth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

21. Bows of the fourteenth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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23. Bows of the fifteenth century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

24. Bows of t