Carpet Tacks
and some bright-colored worsted; tie the worsted string to the tack until the latter is covered, all but its point, then push all the ends of the strings back to the head of the tack and cut them off evenly, leaving them about a quarter of an inch long.
When one of these darts is shot through the blow-gun it will stick into anything it hits, unless the target be of stone or metal.
When the darts are all made lay them aside, with the blow-guns and the target, and go to the market and secure a basketful of an assortment of