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ON looking through some old note-books, I find that I have preserved a record that may be of general interest, one of Sakai marksmanship with a blowpipe. The subject of the record was a Kampar Sakai whom I met on, Cameron's Highlands, Malaya, in March, 1926. As I had seen previously some very poor exhibitions by aboriginals with the blowpipe, 1 asked this man, who was a fine sturdy fellow, to let me see what he could do. The target was a bit of deal-board from the lid of a box, dimensions not noted; but I marked a two-inch bull on it in pencil, stationed the Sakai 50 ft. away, which was the greatest distance possible on account of vegetation, and told him I would give him ten cents for every hit on the target and twenty cents for every bull, the shoot to be limited to ten rounds with unpoisoned darts.
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SCRIVENOR, J. Sakai Marksmanship with a Blowpipe. Nature 132, 243 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132243a0
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